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points by jfoster 23 hours ago | 0 comments

What would an unbiased source be for this data?

A blog post from the company definitely ain't it.

Sorry, I meant the opposite. What would a good source be? Isn't Tesla the primary source of such data? Where else would you expect it to come from?

[–] Geezus_42 15 hours ago

Tesla can not be impartial about itself.

[–] jfoster 6 hours ago

So... where should the data come from?

[–] Geezus_42 4 hours ago

Independent third party auditers like any sane industry.

[–] jfoster 49 minutes ago

Well, I can agree with you that it would be nice if that existed.

Overall, I doubt that there's a problem. If there were substantial numbers of significant accidents occurring on public roads that weren't being reported, I think someone would be catching reporting errors. There are a lot of very interested parties watching autonomous vehicles. (competitors, media, etc.)

[–] absoflutely 17 hours ago

A source that doesn't have an incentive to lie about the topic...

[–] jfoster 6 hours ago

Can you name it?

The implication seems to be that Tesla are lying about accidents. It seems like that would easily get caught out. Accidents tend to be things that happen in public.