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> 50% of fatalities involve alcohol or drugs and are often single vehicle accidents. This suggests that Waymo is cutting traffic fatalities by 50% (per million
by D-Coder 1y ago
> 50% of fatalities involve alcohol or drugs and are often single vehicle accidents.
This suggests that Waymo is cutting traffic fatalities by 50% (per million miles) right off the top.
- timewizard 1y agoIf an only if every drunk person decides to take one instead of driving themselves home. Drunk people being known for having exceptionally poor judgement and self awareness. It suggests that they _could_ cut fatalities by that much. Then again, a whole new mode of accident, where the inebriated decide to step out of a moving vehicle and injure themselves that way. This is a dynamic system where human decisions are never fully removed from the loop.
- standardUser 1y ago> Then again, a whole new mode of accident, where the inebriated decide to step out of a moving vehicle and injure themselves that way. If I understand correctly, you believe that the advent of self-driving cars will cause passengers to voluntarily exit a moving vehicle? That sounds like absolute nonsense with no basis in reality.
- Mawr 1y ago> Then again, a whole new mode of accident, where the inebriated decide to step out of a moving vehicle and injure themselves that way. Why would they need to be in a self-driving vehicle to do that?