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> How do humans handle edge cases anyways? 30,000 deaths per year suggest that humans fail at these edge cases all the time. Maybe ate their best a human outp
by lotu 8y ago
> How do humans handle edge cases anyways?
30,000 deaths per year suggest that humans fail at these edge cases all the time. Maybe ate their best a human outperforms a machine but as any person who drives if other drivers are at their best.
- fouc 8y agoDivide by millions. Statistically quite low failure.
- linuxftw 8y agoExactly, these statistics don't represent the 'average' driver, let alone a 'good' driver.
- lsc 8y agoI think it's still close to the most likely cause of violent death for an American; Neck and neck with gun deaths, if you count the self-inflicted. I mean yeah, compared to medieval statistics, it's great, but in comparison to the other non-medical ways to die you face as a 21st century American? automotive fatalities are quite high, and the problem deserves a lot of focus.
- linuxftw 8y agoBest way to reduce traffic deaths is to reduce traffic. That requires changing of zoning so people can live near where they work. You could also make it harder to be qualified to drive. I view autonomous cars as the 'lazy technocratic' solution to a problem caused by total government mismanagement.
- lsc 8y agoYou say lazy, I say possible. potato, potato. (I mean, I agree that reducing miles driven is also a good goal. I'm just saying, making safer cars is a lot easier than talking people into allowing higher density construction and cities built around transit and walking rather than around cars)
- rad_gruchalski 8y agoNo, quite a lot of them die because of stupid stuff like: texting while driving, drink driving, huge ego.