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Why are you comparing self-driving cars to exclusively a "paying attention driver"? For self-driving cars to be safer than human drivers, there is no requireme
by bcook 11y ago
Why are you comparing self-driving cars to exclusively a "paying attention driver"?
For self-driving cars to be safer than human drivers, there is no requirement that the self-driving cars should be better/safer than the best human driver... the self-driving car simply needs to be safer than the majority of humans.
- ams6110 11y agoIt points out that a lot depends on the driver. I drive attentively, and moreover I like driving. I would never want a self-driving car for myself. However some seem to think that should be the only choice because they can beat accident averages that include drivers who drink, text, do makeup, masturbate, whatever while driving.
- brianwawok 11y ago> For self-driving cars to be safer than human drivers, there is no requirement that the self-driving cars should be better/safer than the best human driver... the self-driving car simply needs to be safer than the majority of humans. That is true on a whole, but not true for ME. It needs to be safer than ME, not some hypotehtical average person. Further compounding it: > For driving skills, 93% of the U.S. sample and 69% of the Swedish sample put themselves in the top 50% [0] 0 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusory_superiority https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illusory_superiority
- lfowles 11y agoConsider that most driving is done feet away from another vehicle. If those cars start being replaced by self-driving cars, then the you are safer (system safety x personal safety). The car might make more dubious decisions than you would yourself, but now it has less opportunities for failure due to others driving erratically.
- dagss 11y agoSomebody can crash into you.