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by stale2002 3394 days ago
Wrong. Self driving cars are already safer than humans. We need to put them on the road, in mass, NOW.

Every year we wait is another million people dead, due to terrible human drivers.
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unityByFreedom 3394 days ago
That's a great idea if the tech were ready.

Introduced prematurely, it could set the tech back due to public outcry. A few more autopilot deaths in the US in this political climate could really hurt the industry. Chao is looking for an excuse to pull permits.

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stale2002 3394 days ago
Maybe in big government California there would be outcry.

But not in Arizona, or any other red state.

Get the federal government out of regulating it, and let the states decide.

Then, when red states save thousands of lives, the blue states will follow.

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unityByFreedom 3394 days ago
> Then, when red states save thousands of lives, the blue states will follow.

Haha or vice versa! Depends who proceeds in the right way.

I don't believe there's definitively an answer as to whether Tesla (arguably red and anti-regulation, moving forward without much caution) or Google (blue, more cautious) will find more success. I personally think Google will, but even better than that, it's great that we have such a system that permits that level of competition.

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