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"Constant deaths" = 1 per ~100 million miles driven Self-driving cars might be able to beat that, but most of the self-driving car models aren't even close to
by TheCoelacanth 8y ago
"Constant deaths" = 1 per ~100 million miles driven
Self-driving cars might be able to beat that, but most of the self-driving car models aren't even close to 100 million miles driven.
- candiodari 8y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportation_safety_in_the_United_States#/media/File:US_traffic_deaths_per_VMT,_VMT,_per_capita,_and_total_annual_deaths.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportation_safety_in_the_U... (from page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportation_safety_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transportation_safety_in_the_U... ) Furthermore self-driving cars are at this point ONLY driving through areas with a lot of pedestrians. You'd expect them, therefore, to have much higher accident fatalities than normal vehicles. Why ? They're always around pedestrians. Instead, in the first years of operation, they're safer than humans. Even with Uber's less than stellar safety practices, and Tesla's ... well ... how do I put this politely ? [1] seems a good link. Let's just say Tesla owners could be more careful, especially since they signed a contract stating that they would be more careful (and youtube has much worse than that video). Given that that's how people use self-driving cars I would argue that's pretty damning for human driving skills. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT5-Z2MswgU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT5-Z2MswgU
- TheCoelacanth 8y agoNot sure what your point is. That graph shows about 10 deaths per billion VMT, which is exactly the number I stated. It is a completely unfounded assertion that they are safer than humans.