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Self-Driving Teslas Are Fatally Striking Motorcyclists More Than Any Other Brand: New Analysis (fuelarc.com)

submitted 1 week ago by KayLeadfoot@fedia.io to c/technology@lemmy.world

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TL;DR: Self-Driving Teslas Rear-End Motorcyclists, Killing at Least 5

Brevity is the spirit of wit, and I am just not that witty. This is a long article, here is the gist of it:

The NHTSA’s self-driving crash data reveals that Tesla’s self-driving technology is, by far, the most dangerous for motorcyclists, with five fatal crashes that we know of.
This issue is unique to Tesla. Other self-driving manufacturers have logged zero motorcycle fatalities with the NHTSA in the same time frame.
The crashes are overwhelmingly Teslas rear-ending motorcyclists.

Read our full analysis as we go case-by-case and connect the heavily redacted government data to news reports and police documents.

Oh, and read our thoughts about what this means for the robotaxi launch that is slated for Austin in less than 60 days.

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[–] sfu@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Self driving vehicles should be against the law.

[–] Lumbardo@reddthat.com 3 points 1 week ago

Shouldn't be an issue if drivers used it as a more advanced cruise control. Unless there is catastrophic mechanical or override failure, these things will always be the driver's fault.

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[–] arrakark@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago (4 children)

What bike is that in the photo?

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[–] the_three_tomatoes@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You mean they are providing organ donations more than any other car. Silver lining. /s

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[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 3 points 1 week ago

I'm not sure how that's possible considering no one manufactures self-driving cars that I know of. Certainly not Tesla.

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