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

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (9 children)

Unless it's a higher rate than human drivers per mile or hours driven I do not care. Article doesn't have those stats so it's clickbait as far as I'm concerned

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Cybertrucks have 17 times the mortality rate of the ford pinto.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/02/report-cybertruck-safety-ford-pinto/

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I wrote the original analysis Mother Jones is citing there. Hah, how about that! Delights me to see it cited in the wild.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

nice work, worth feeling a bit of pride over.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (4 children)

What bike is that in the photo?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

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