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Self driving vehicles will eliminate the leading cause of death for grownups under 40.
by konschubert 3y ago
Self driving vehicles will eliminate the leading cause of death for grownups under 40.
- dsm4ck 3y agoIs it realistic to think self-driving cars will have a 0% fatal accident rate?
- konschubert 3y agoNo of course not. But even a 50% reduction would reduce immense amounts of suffering.
- robotresearcher 3y agoYou said ‘eliminate’ the leading cause of death, not ‘greatly reduce’, hence the push back.
- konschubert 3y agoOkay, fair point.
- phyllistine 3y agoMass transit construction, promotion, and adoption would solve the same problem with technology that is easier to build and distribute.
- konschubert 3y agoThe sad reality of our world is that transit hasn’t so far been able to eliminate cars. We should keep on improving transit, but in the meantime, self driving cars will bring immense safety benefits for cyclists and pedestrians. People will cycle more around self driving cars because they won’t tailgate and they will pass with the appropriate margin.