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The same people who went to prison when this vehicle's automated control system failed and killed people: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_2009_Washington_Met
by akgerber 10y ago
The same people who went to prison when this vehicle's automated control system failed and killed people:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_2009_Washington_Metro_train_collision https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_2009_Washington_Metro_tra...
In practice, sober automobile drivers who stay at the scene of a crash can kill people in an astoundingly negligent fashion without facing jail time:
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/30/opinion/why-drivers-get-away-with-murder.html http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/30/opinion/why-drivers-get-aw...
This is a major reason I am excited about automated vehicles, along with the potential to unclog the madness that is urban parking politics, which is one of the major factors preventing the building of new neighborhoods that are truly urban.