Waymo says its cars cause injuries six times less often than human drivers.

7.1 million miles, 3 minor injuries: Waymo’s safety data looks good::Waymo says its cars cause injuries six times less often than human drivers.

  • n2burns@lemmy.caEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I agree that “autonomous” taxis need to be compared to professional drivers, and I’d even take it further by combining your two points. If they want to say “autonomous” vehicles are currently safer than professional drivers, they need a way to compare how many humans are involved too. I’m sure we could make conventional taxis safer too if they not only had a driver but a command centre where drivers are being observed and altered to dangerous situations!

    • theluddite@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Yeah that’s a great point! Taxis also drive different kinds of miles than typical human drivers, who probably normally drive at rush hour when it’s more dangerous whereas I’d expect taxis to have disproportionately more miles during safer times.