return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 months agoTesla Robotaxis Are Crashing More Than 12 Times as Frequently as Human Driverswww.commondreams.orgexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1125arrow-down14cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
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minus-squareBuffalox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·edit-22 months ago humans crash about once every 500,000 miles That sounds extremely high IMO. https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/motor-vehicle/historical-fatality-trends/deaths-and-rates/ As far as I can tell, that 500,000 miles number is between deadly crashes. So I’m not sure this is an apples to apples comparison. Sorry I have to downvote the article as grossly misleading. Edit: Deadly crashes are 1,38 per 100 million miles! so about 72 million miles between deadly crashes. Way way better than I thought.
That sounds extremely high IMO.
https://injuryfacts.nsc.org/motor-vehicle/historical-fatality-trends/deaths-and-rates/
As far as I can tell, that 500,000 miles number is between deadly crashes.
So I’m not sure this is an apples to apples comparison.
Sorry I have to downvote the article as grossly misleading.
Edit:
Deadly crashes are 1,38 per 100 million miles! so about 72 million miles between deadly crashes. Way way better than I thought.