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Agreed, and it doesn't matter how far away it is. If it takes ten years, it takes ten years. There should be no cars without humans in the driver's seat until t
by simondotau 3y ago
Agreed, and it doesn't matter how far away it is. If it takes ten years, it takes ten years. There should be no cars without humans in the driver's seat until the statistics bear out a level of safety at least one order of magnitude greater than human drivers.
- bryanlarsen 3y agoCruise could already be an order of magnitude safer than a human driver. We have enough milage data on Cruise to guess that it's comparable to a human driver, but to be assured that it's at least an order of magnitude safer requires a lot more data. And you can't get that data with a safety driver in the car. A safety driver should always override in emergency situations, whether necessary or not.
- asadotzler 3y agoSo what if a few pedestrians have to die along the way, the business model must not be disrupted.
- bryanlarsen 3y agoBut the 40,000 who die every year to human drivers are OK? We already know that Waymo is at least roughly comparable to a human driver.
- watwut 3y agoWe do not know that. We have some data about how they perform in idealized situations rather then general ones. And we have next to no independent data. Also, we could lower amount of people who die to human drivers too and I am all for it. Speed limits, regulations about car design, higher driving age, better public transport, there is a lot that could be done.