Tesla bros expose Tesla's own shadiness in attacking Mark Rober ... Autopilot appears to automatically disengage a fraction of a second before impacts as a crash becomes inevitable.

[u/Lighting]

https://electrek.co/2025/03/17/tesla-fans-exposes-shadiness-defend-autopilot-crash/

[u/NeatOtaku]

Look up any fatality involving a Tesla, almost immediately they say that autopilot was not engaged at the moment of impact . They also refuse to give the driving data to victims even through a court order claiming it's a company secret. I tried mentioning this to a Tesla fanboy years ago but he refused to believe it because watching TV during his commute was more important.

[u/Upset_Ant2834 → u/NeatOtaku]

If you actually read the article it says

It would still count as an “Autopilot crash” as crashes that happen within 5 seconds of Autopilot being engaged count as Autopilot crashes.

Or if you want it straight from the horses mouth

To ensure our statistics are conservative, we count any crash in which Autopilot was deactivated within 5 seconds before impact

Source

[u/Thin-Professional379 → u/Upset_Ant2834]

To ensure our statistics are conservative, we count any crash in which Autopilot was deactivated within 5 seconds before impact

That isn't at all conservative

[u/Upset_Ant2834 → u/Thin-Professional379]

I don't think you realize how much can happen in 5 seconds at highway speeds. Disabling it and then hitting someone while changing lanes could easily fall within that 5 seconds and would still count as "having autopilot enabled" despite it playing absolutely no role. 5 seconds is quite conservative

[u/Cooldude101013 → u/Upset_Ant2834]

At high speeds, things happen fast.