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

submitted 3 days 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] 12 points 2 days ago

It’s because the system has to rely on visual cues, since Tesla’s have no radar. The system looks at the tail light when it’s dark to gauge the distance from the vehicle. And since some bikes have a double light the system thinks it’s a car in front of them that is far away, when in reality it’s a bike up close. Also remember the ai is trained on human driving behavior which Tesla records from their customers. And we all know how well the average human drives around two wheeled vehicles.

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

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

They call it the Model 3 because the Tesla Organ-Harvester didn't translate well to Chinese

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Cuz other self driving cars use LIDAR so it's basically impossible for them to not realise that a bike is there.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

unless it's foggy, etc.

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

What bike is that in the photo?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

It looks a great deal like a Royal Enfield, but I couldn't tell you which model. A Bullet, maybe?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

My partner and I were actually debating that exact question before I posted it!

It's just stock art, but of a rider in the Midwest. Custom exhaust, custom saddle and rack for that cafe racer look, and I just barely can't make out the model on the engine fairing.

Here it is all big, let me know if you can figure it out: https://unsplash.com/photos/a-person-riding-a-motorcycle-on-a-city-street-kPfwWyUWubA

Looks hot, that's why I picked it.

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