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Road deaths are the biggest killer of people aged 9 to 29, taking about 1.35M lives annually. That's roughly on par with USA Coronavirus deaths for the entire p

Road deaths are the biggest killer of people aged 9 to 29, taking about 1.35M lives annually. That's roughly on par with USA Coronavirus deaths for the entire pandemic. If autonomous driving can considerably reduce that road death number, I'd say it's a worthwhile endeavour.

comicjk 3y ago
Where are you getting that death number? I'm seeing numbers around 43k, 30 times lower. Is your figure including health damage from air pollution or something? Or is it an aggregate over many years? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_vehicle_fatality_rate_in_U.S._by_year https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_vehicle_fatality_rate_in...
- junofan 3y ago
  Dude it’s obviously the global number.
  - comicjk 3y ago
    I think you're right, though I don't think it's so obvious when it's being specifically compared with US COVID deaths.