Taking the top 10% of drivers would also be unfair, this time against AVs. I’m simply saying that factors unrelated to driving skill should be excluded. Things

Taking the top 10% of drivers would also be unfair, this time against AVs. I’m simply saying that factors unrelated to driving skill should be excluded. Things like being inebriated, purposely breaking driving laws, looking at a cell phone. The problem is that studies like these are used to imply that AVs are more skilled than humans at driving, but it’s not a conclusion that can be drawn, because the AVs are operating optimally and some percentage of humans are operating suboptimally. What results like this actually show are that replacing all human drivers with AVs would likely result in less accidents (because by definition you’re excluding people who are malicious), which is not the same thing as saying that AVs are more skilled at driving.