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328,000 estimated US accidents a year from sleepy drivers — how many lives will Tesla Full Self Driving save?

Like some other automobiles, the Tesla Model 3 I drive will automatically fake rumble if I start to go out of the lane. It’s a nifty little safety feature. There are times when the car will also beep loudly at me — if it thinks I’m driving into a dangerous situation. Let’s be honest, though — these kinds of subtle warnings and heart-shocking alerts can only go so far in preventing accidents. Whole Mars Catalog recently brought my attention back to the topic of “drowsy driving,” something we wrote about back in September 2019. The numbers are mind blowing, even if you’ve seen them before.

https://cleantechnica.com/2021/04/09/328000-estimated-us-accidents-a-year-from-sleepy-drivers-how-many-lives-will-tesla-full-self-driving-save/

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