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While I don't disagree, I will note that most people don't think twice about giving up control to bus and taxi drivers.* I think we trust humans to make a reas
by mankyd 6y ago
While I don't disagree, I will note that most people don't think twice about giving up control to bus and taxi drivers.*
I think we trust humans to make a reasonable decision in a trolley-problem scenario (rightly or wrongly). Or rather, we trust the human we're in a vehicle with to value their own life, and thus our own, more than those outside of the vehicle in most scenarios.
I expect there is research to investigate this, though I wouldn't know where to begin looking.
*I've definitely had a few bad drivers, of course.
- xiphias2 6y agoI always sit in the back of the taxi (just like what Waymo does), and that already significantly decreases my chances of dieing. And with bus it's again easily more than 5x safer than a car.
- nelgaard 6y agoBusses are generally much safer because they are bigger and heavier. Except in mountains. But I only encounter that on holidays and on holidays we take a lot more risks. And I do think twice about taxis.
- wnkrshm 6y agoBus vs. AV: AV rider dead, lots of injuries in the bus. That's conservation of energy and momentum. Assuming some utilitaristic equation for minimizing total injury, an AV bus probably won't swerve, and probably won't brake significantly except if colliding with a heavy or fast vehicle.