> The average driver is 1/3 distracted and 1/4 drunk. It seems to me the point is that an automated driver is never distracted and never drunk. The automated

> The average driver is 1/3 distracted and 1/4 drunk. It seems to me the point is that an automated driver is never distracted and never drunk. The automated systems should get credit for that. That is, they should not necessarily be compared to a skilled, attentive, unimpaired driver. That is, as you admit, not the current state of affairs. Relative to the status quo, automated driving is becoming much safer.