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Given how many people die per year in traffic accidents with non-autonomous vehicles, shouldn't this rule apply too? Humans have shown that they can't drive car
by sersi 7y ago
Given how many people die per year in traffic accidents with non-autonomous vehicles, shouldn't this rule apply too? Humans have shown that they can't drive cars safely and should no longer be trusted to drive.
More seriously though, it would be more interesting to compare number of kilometers driven without accidents compared to national statistics. And having something like the NTSB do thorough investigations when accidents do happen. Ultimately there is a need for autonomous driving because it should eventually cause less deaths
- mattacular 7y agoIf a fault with the vehicle parts itself causes an accident in a human driven car then the manufacturer absolutely should be held accountable. Also, if you believe Uber or any company is pursuing autonomous with the goal of decreasing the amount overall automobile deaths I daresay you're extremely naive. It's probably not possible to achieve anyway on a road shared with human drivers.
- sersi 7y agoI don't believe that Uber's goal (or any other companies) is to decrease the amount of overall automobile deaths. However I believe that the widespread adoption of automated driving will eventually result in a decrease of automobile deaths.