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Old Crank

(7,272 posts)
Wed Feb 18, 2026, 12:14 AM Feb 2026

Robo taxi may have a way to go before prime time.

I don't know if the very low speed bumps would be reported by a human driver. Which may skew the data.


Tesla ‘Robotaxi’ adds 5 more crashes in Austin in a month — 4x worse than humans

Fred Lambert

Tesla has reported five new crashes involving its “Robotaxi” fleet in Austin, Texas, bringing the total to 14 incidents since the service launched in June 2025. The newly filed NHTSA data also reveals that Tesla quietly upgraded one earlier crash to include a hospitalization injury, something the company never disclosed publicly.

The new data comes from the latest update to NHTSA’s Standing General Order (SGO) incident report database for automated driving systems (ADS). We have been tracking Tesla’s Robotaxi crash data closely, and the trend is not improving.


https://electrek.co/2026/02/17/tesla-robotaxi-adds-5-more-crashes-austin-month-4x-worse-than-humans/

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Robo taxi may have a way to go before prime time. (Original Post) Old Crank Feb 2026 OP
Always crashing in the same car... WestMichRad Feb 2026 #1
Robotaxis - an answer to a problem nobody had. flvegan Feb 2026 #2

flvegan

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2. Robotaxis - an answer to a problem nobody had.
Wed Feb 18, 2026, 03:47 AM
Feb 2026

Someone should tell that Musk guy "no" sometime. Might be liberating.

"4x worse than humans" is like "WOW, that's fucking terrible" levels of suck.

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