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Presumably, you choose whether to ride that airplane or take those drugs. You probably don't get to choose when someone else's driverless car runs you over.

helloworld11 4y ago
Nor do you get to choose when someone's airplane possibly crashes into your street from above.
- gouggoug 4y ago
  There were 9 airplane crashes, worldwide, in 2021[1]. It's estimated 31,720 people died in car crashes, in the US, in 2021[2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Aviation_accidents_and_incidents_in_2021 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Aviation_accidents_an... [2] https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/nhtsa-estimates-traffic-fatalities-continued-rise-record-pace-first-nine-months-2021 https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/nhtsa-estimates...
  - helloworld11 4y ago
    True, but you miss my point in referring to this. You still don't get to choose when someone else's mistake might harm you. Also, we as the public in general routinely trust planes with millions of risky flights despite not knowing anything about how well or safely they work, or how they work at all in detail. We accept that accidents sometimes happen nonetheless because that's how it goes with human technology that we've come to depend on. The important thing is that precautions are taken as much as reasonably possible. The same standard can be applied to driverless cars without getting fearful of them simply because of their newness.
    - gouggoug 4y ago
      But driverless cars do not go through the same requirements as aviation. Before an airplane goes into circulation, it has gone through extremely rigorous testing. An airplane also always has a pilot. The same can't be said for driverless cars. They don't go through extreme rigorous testing, they don't have a driver, and they're controlled by software that is most likely a far cry from aviation standards.

helloworld11 4y ago

Nor do you get to choose when someone's airplane possibly crashes into your street from above.

gouggoug 4y ago
There were 9 airplane crashes, worldwide, in 2021[1]. It's estimated 31,720 people died in car crashes, in the US, in 2021[2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Aviation_accidents_and_incidents_in_2021 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Aviation_accidents_an... [2] https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/nhtsa-estimates-traffic-fatalities-continued-rise-record-pace-first-nine-months-2021 https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/nhtsa-estimates...
- helloworld11 4y ago
  True, but you miss my point in referring to this. You still don't get to choose when someone else's mistake might harm you. Also, we as the public in general routinely trust planes with millions of risky flights despite not knowing anything about how well or safely they work, or how they work at all in detail. We accept that accidents sometimes happen nonetheless because that's how it goes with human technology that we've come to depend on. The important thing is that precautions are taken as much as reasonably possible. The same standard can be applied to driverless cars without getting fearful of them simply because of their newness.
  - gouggoug 4y ago
    But driverless cars do not go through the same requirements as aviation. Before an airplane goes into circulation, it has gone through extremely rigorous testing. An airplane also always has a pilot. The same can't be said for driverless cars. They don't go through extreme rigorous testing, they don't have a driver, and they're controlled by software that is most likely a far cry from aviation standards.