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"the autopilot did something a human driver who was paying attention would never do" "this isn't an average accident statistic, a lapse in attention or evasive
by emiliobumachar 9y ago
"the autopilot did something a human driver who was paying attention would never do"
"this isn't an average accident statistic, a lapse in attention or evasive maneuvering. "
"That's not a mistake a healthy human will make."
Almost every driver thinks they're significantly better than average. Few are.
If a human driver's lapse of attention causes a similar crash, how much less of a tragedy is it just because we can less ambiguously blame the victim?
My opinion is that the statistics compare just fine.
- airstrike 9y ago> Almost every driver thinks they’re significantly better than average. Few are. Actually, about half of drivers are better than average.
- r00fus 9y agoIt's easy to provide a counterpoint if you ignore words (significantly). Few people are significantly above average.
- ricardobeat 9y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Median
- airstrike 9y agoHence “about” and not exactly half, unless you can prove some weird distribution for drivers’ abilities. Go on, I’ll wait.