[coldtea]

>Still, in spite of the self-driving cars’ high accident rate, the University of Michigan study did not contradict the conclusions of Google GOOG 0.56% and the DMV: The authors agreed that self-driving cars were not to blame in any of their crashes

That's little consolation when you've just crashed.

And it basically translates in that they're not very good (compared to humans) in handling active crisis situations on the road, where another driver took a bad turn, there was some obstacle, etc.

>Finally, self-driving cars actually have a lower fatality rate, with zero deaths resulting from their crashes

Obviously, since they have not driven even 1/100.000 of the miles that regular cars have had.

[panglott]

https://www.vox.com/technology/2015/10/30/9640230/self-drivi... "Most of the accidents happened because another vehicle rear-ended the self-driving car. Self-driving cars have not been involved in any head-on collisions, and crashes involving self-driving cars were less likely to cause injuries than crashes involving conventional vehicles — just two out of 11 crashes led to injuries, compared with 28 percent of conventional vehicles."

It's hard to say "you've crashed" when you've been rear-ended.