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Self-driving cars are often marketed as safer than human drivers, but new data suggests that may not always be the case.

Citing data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Electrek reports that Tesla disclosed five new crashes involving its robotaxi fleet in Austin. The new data raises concerns about how safe Tesla’s systems really are compared to the average driver.

The incidents included a collision with a fixed object at 17 miles per hour, a crash with a bus while the Tesla vehicle was stopped, a crash with a truck at four miles per hour, and two cases where Tesla vehicles backed into fixed objects at low speeds.

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[-] duncan_bayne@lemmy.world 16 points 5 days ago

That depends entirely where the Tesla stopped, and under what conditions.

[-] ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 5 days ago

Eh, not really though. Generally if your car is stopped, even in the middle of the road, you are not at fault if someone else hits you. You can still get fined for obstruction of traffic, but the incident is entirely the fault of the moving vehicle.

[-] uienia@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago

If you stop in the middle of a highway you absolutely are at fault.

[-] Bazoogle@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

If there is a massive object in the road and you stop on the highway, and someone rear ends you, the person rear ending you is at fault. The person behind you needs to leave enough space to be able to stop, and needs to be paying attention for any emergency braking situations. Regardless, these aren't on the highway

[-] 73ms@sopuli.xyz 2 points 5 days ago

Tesla robotaxis don't go anywhere near highways currently.

[-] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

I'm betting it stopped in the path of it. Either by pulling out in front of it, or sitting on the inside of the truck whilst turning.

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