.@WR4NYGov, you don't seriously think I, and others who are calling on Tesla to be more careful on how it tests on public roads (@missy_cummings, @JasonTorchinsky, @GordonJohnson19), are KILLING "a million people a year"? That's disgusting.
https://twitter.com/WR4NYGov/status/1437768888524185602?s=20
2/ AVs will make our roads safer as long as they are saving more lives than they take. There's a difference between driver assist and fully driverless vehicles. Tesla is claiming to be close to having driverLESS cars, but are they safer?
3/ Watch @kimpaquette's video above, then this video of an ACTUAL driverless vehicle, and you tell me which is safer. (Suspend your belief, just for a moment, that this vehicle isn't being operated by a remote human driver.)
4/ When you do the math, which you clearly have not, you're talking about 105 lives that could have been prevented in the United States in 2020 if every Tesla on the road were fully autonomous and never crashed. You and I both know Teslas aren't there. [See Kim's video] 
5/ Also, if your ultimate goal is to make Teslas as safe as possible, why are you so opposed to using MORE sensors? Adding more sensors makes AVs better and safer. This is why AVs with more sensors than Tesla are able to drive without a human in the driver's seat.
6/ I'm not advocating to slow the development of AVs. Remember, Tesla is developing an ADAS feature, not driverless vehicles. I am advocating for MORE sensors that will make our roads SAFER!
7/ If you are genuinely passionate about AVs, I suggest you put your time into following the developments of the companies actually developing them (and doing so legally and safely).
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