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by timabdulla 607 days ago
> If it is dangerous in your anecdotes, why don't the reported numbers show more accidents when FSD is on?

Even if it is true that the data show that with FSD (not Autopilot) enabled, drivers are in fewer crashes, I would be worried about other confounding factors.

For instance, I would assume that drivers are more likely to engage FSD in situations of lower complexity (less traffic, little construction or other impediments, overall lesser traffic flow control complexity, etc.) I also believe that at least initially, Tesla only released FSD to drivers with high safety scores relative to their total driver base, another obvious confounding factor.

Happy to be proven wrong though if you have a link to a recent study that goes through all of this.