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Self driving cars killed one pedestrian in 10 million miles driven, about an order of magnitude worse than humans

• seltzered_ 7y ago
  Is that data on self driving cars or assisted driving? I think disengagement statistics also need to be factored in.
  • blattimwind 7y ago
    That's the Uber "Level 3" accident.
• NobodyNada 7y ago
  But that’s a sample size of one, so we can’t really draw any meaningful conclusions from that data. (Also the safety driver was watching Netflix on her phone; it could be argued that the vehicle was not production-ready and not expected or intended to be able to handle every situation.)
  • scrozier 7y ago
    I'm not sure that sample size is a relevant idea here, but it's certainly misleading as you state it. One accident in many billions of miles would be a wonderful result, but you would dismiss it as a sample size of one.
  • slavik81 7y ago
    Let's say everyone replaced their current cars with self-driving vehicles and they never killed anyone ever again. If normal vehicle usage continued and fifty years passed without a single traffic death, your claim suggests we'd still be unable to say if self-driving cars were safer, as it would still be a sample size of one. I don't think your use of statistics is correct.