@SNerd , why do you call it dangerous? What do you think of the other systems in competing car brands?
"0.18 accidents per million miles
New data released in its Impact Report show that Tesla vehicles with Autopilot engaged (mostly highway miles) had just 0.18 accidents per million miles driven, compared to the US vehicle average of 1.53 accidents per million miles.Apr 27, 2023"
@JonKramer No one had the gall to call it "auto pilot" and infer the car can safely drive itself, which leads some unaware buyers to depend entirely on it. It's "driver assist" like everyone else calls it, but to him "auto pilot" would sell better.
@SNerd , so your primary complaint is what it is called? You overlook that you are about 1/10th as likely to get in an accident with 'autopilot' running, which means it is demonstrably safer than a human driver. And not in a small way. You skip over that and your complaint is the name??
I will look at the data, and not care if it is called 'anal sex' or anything else. Call it 'the only way you make it home alive', and I;m fine. Because I have 1/10 the rate of accidents with it on. I want there to be insurance discounts, and possibly government mandates to use it, under ANY name. Because it saves lives. And whatever makes it sell better, I am in favor of.
@JonKramer
Yes, my complaint is what he calls it. It is irresponsible. If he wasn't a narcissist he'd have cared that the name alone endangers the buyers. No one else calls driver assist "auto pilot" because they recognize the misleading inference.
@SNerd , maybe it's because I have flown a plane, and know what an aircraft autopilot is. It lightens the workload, and allows the piolets to focus on other things than keeping the plane in it's lane. It won't close the doors, taxi the plane, check for damage, monitor the engines, or take off and land the plane, although there are some systems that can take off and land planes... Calling the tesla system "autopilot" is totally fair and inline with what a plane has.
And it works better than the typical human driver.
I have preordered an electric car, and it will come with a https://www.comma.ai/ system.
