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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    14 hours ago

    Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. You’re literally not addressing any of my points and just accusing me of things I didn’t even do. I could be arguing with an LLM and get responses that make more sense so I’m done, thanks.

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      14 hours ago

      You refused to admit that you are comparing a risky driving set against a non risky driving set of data, then personal accusations that don’t make sense when called on not admitting the point you denied. Stop talking to me.