Reply to post: Re: What's the point?

Tesla driver killed after smashing into truck had just enabled Autopilot – US crash watchdog

missingegg

Re: What's the point?

I agree that in an ideal world, human drivers would first be well trained, and then when operating a vehicle would maintain complete focus on the task of driving, taking breaks whenever they're unable to continue doing so. But we just don't live in an ideal world. Across any large population of drivers, many people will fall short of what I'd like to see. The question for driver assist technology is whether or not it results in fewer accidents, injuries, and deaths. Tesla claims their data says that it does. I'd like to see an independent analysis of that, but I'm inclined to believe them.

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