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To: slacker711 who wrote (37)	3/17/2017 8:43:15 AM
From: slacker711	of 567

I had been casually following the development of self-driving cars, but these Tesla numbers are what really caught my attention. This is an incredible drop in airbag deployments considering Autopilot is not used all of the time and my guess is that it is rarely used in the worst of conditions (construction zones, rain, snow, etc). static.nhtsa.gov 5.4 Crash rates. ODI analyzed mileage and airbag deployment data supplied by Tesla for all MY 2014 through 2016 Model S and 2016 Model X vehicles equipped with the Autopilot Technology Package, either installed in the vehicle when sold or through an OTA update, to calculate crash rates by miles travelled prior to21 and after Autopilot installation.22 Figure 11 shows the rates calculated by ODI for airbag deployment crashes in the subject Tesla vehicles before and after Autosteer installation. The data show that the Tesla vehicles crash rate dropped by almost 40 percent after Autosteer installation.

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