Tesla Autopilot Safety

Discussions center on the safety of Tesla's Autopilot and Full Self-Driving systems, including fatal crashes, comparisons to human drivers, driver responsibility, and Tesla's communication of limitations.

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mlindner • Nov 1, 2020 • View on HN

Has a Tesla on autopilot ever killed a non-involved person?

throwaway894345 • Jul 24, 2022 • View on HN

Genuine question: is Tesla’s autopilot crashing more often or more severely than human drivers?

Robotbeat • Jun 8, 2018 • View on HN

Tesla acknowledges that autopilot can fail.

maxfurman • Apr 25, 2017 • View on HN

Arguably. Tesla has not done a good job educating their customers on the limits of their "Autopilot" system, which has led to at least one preventable death.https://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/07/28/tesla_autopilot_dea...

Godel_unicode • Feb 26, 2021 • View on HN

Just so you're aware, your experience does not appear to generalize.https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jul/01/tesla-dri...

natch • May 2, 2019 • View on HN

What do you conclude about Tesla autopilot from this?

maxutility • Jul 10, 2022 • View on HN

There’s insufficient information in this article to draw any meaningful conclusions. For example, was the Tesla in autopilot mode or was this purely human error?

ChrisArchitect • Apr 9, 2024 • View on HN

Related:Tesla settles with family who said Autopilot caused his fatal crashhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39974575

x38iq84n • Jan 28, 2019 • View on HN

Has Tesla fixed the autopilot to stop killing people yet? Strange priorities.

maratd • Jul 1, 2016 • View on HN

It's accurate.http://electrek.co/2016/07/01/understanding-fatal-tesla-acci...