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> Are there reliable statistics that show SDC are currently more dangerous than the average, non-incapacitated person? Is there any proof that they aren't? If

by rurp 3y ago

> Are there reliable statistics that show SDC are currently more dangerous than the average, non-incapacitated person? Is there any proof that they aren't? If not, they have no business being on the road. It's not society's responsibility to validate every new potentially deadly tech that a for profit company comes out with, it's the people developing and profiting from the new tech that have the burden to show that it's safe.

veec_cas_tant 3y ago
> Is there any proof that they aren't? I wasn't implying anything; rather, I've just seen various forms of "if you exclude drunk/high/etc. drivers then they are more dangerous" repeated multiple times in different comments. Curious where that was coming from. > ...it's the people developing and profiting from the new tech that have the burden to show that it's safe. Is there a reason to believe this hasn't happened? I don't know the process involved in approving an autonomous system but I'm guessing they showed some convincing data to regulators.