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> if infrequent drivers with little experience that get replaced by robotaxis of average reliability could be a net-win in saved lives. I don't know if frequen
by stkdump 6y ago
> if infrequent drivers with little experience that get replaced by robotaxis of average reliability could be a net-win in saved lives.
I don't know if frequent drivers are inherently safer drivers than infrequent drivers. There might be the negative effect of reduced attention due to more 'routine'.
But I seriously doubt that frequent drivers drive so much safer that they negate the effect of being exposed to the risk so much more. Is a person that drives 10x more than the average driver more than 10x safer? Why replace cars first, that don't get on the street a lot? And how do you organize deploying SDCs to infrequent drivers first? Unless those people don't own the cars anymore, but rent them, in which case I agree. That would increase utilizations of these cars.
- the8472 6y ago> Unless those people don't own the cars anymore, but rent them Yeah, that was the idea (hence robotaxis, not owned ones). It seems feasible especially in urban areas where car ownership is not essential so the remaining uses could be replaced by rented autonomous ones.