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46% of those fatalities are from multi-vehicle crashes (versus single-vehicle crashes).
by matthew-wegner 3y ago
46% of those fatalities are from multi-vehicle crashes (versus single-vehicle crashes).
- jmugan 3y agoSelf-driving cars can communicate more effectively. It's so hard to merge because we can't communicate well with the other drivers.
- matthew-wegner 3y agoIn a world with only self-driving cars on the road, I definitely agree. I think things will be worse in a mixed human and self-driving environment, though. I say this as someone who lives in a zip code where Waymo has been testing for years. The only reason those cars are even able to integrate at all is because they are so incredibly conspicuous. If their sensors were entirely stealth, accidents would be incredibly common.
- jmugan 3y agoThat is a good point that it is a challenge to mix robots and humans. That to me has been the most obvious failure so far.
- mensetmanusman 3y agoDoes that mean half are from single vehicles smashing into stationary objects?
- matthew-wegner 3y agoI guess so! I got that number from the PDF linked here: https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/early-estimate-2021-traffic-fatalities https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/early-estimate-2021-tra...