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This is somewhat a logical reaction, when realizing that a smaller car would have reduced the fatalities. In this regard I believe there is going to be an infl

This is somewhat a logical reaction, when realizing that a smaller car would have reduced the fatalities. In this regard I believe there is going to be an inflection point in the adoption of autonomous driving. As soon as autonomous driving is becoming safer than the worst human drivers, there should logically be calls following to ban "non-computer-assisted human driving", especially within densely populated cities. Similar of how gas stoves without flame failing device have been banned.

Reason077 7y ago
We can significantly reduce the number, and severity, of accidents like this with advanced AEB (autonomous emergency braking) systems. It's much easier to implement AEB which can respond to lane departure, pedestrians in the vehicle's path, etc than to go all the way to fully autonomous driving, which remains an unsolved AI challenge. In Europe, AEB is mandatory on all new vehicles receiving type approval from 2020. In the US, it will be implemented on all new private vehicles from 2022.