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Humans have a fatal crash about once per million miles. Self Driving is complicated by the fact that humans can intervene. Human drivers have no such backup. S
by paulryanrogers 4y ago
Humans have a fatal crash about once per million miles. Self Driving is complicated by the fact that humans can intervene. Human drivers have no such backup.
So comparison may require compensating for the fact that automated drivers have that human backup preventing them from otherwise killing more people.
- Volundr 4y ago> Self Driving is complicated by the fact that humans can intervene. And that self driving "opts out" of any conditions it finds too challenging, requiring the human to take control. Meaning self driving has more miles in relatively safe conditions.
- cestith 4y agoYou and parent make very good points. These would still be relevant if we had all the data. It'd be nice to have the data and this context for it.
- pintxo 4y agoAren’t level 2 systems supposed to be exactly this backup for humans?
- cestith 4y agoYes, that's important to keep in mind. If the overall system of auto driving plus human turns out to be safer than a human alone, that could still be a good thing. I'd also like to see data, come to think of it, for systems with the safety systems that aren't self driving like lane departure warnings, front and rear collision warnings, adaptive cruise control, automatic braking, driver awareness warnings, head position warnings, directional headlights, night-vision HUDs, and such.