[tim333]

Yeah but the tech will spread there fairly soon after it's established in the US. In places like Africa the most common cars are not some African brand, they seem to mostly be Toyotas, who will probably implement self driving when it's proven.

[portofcall]

For what value of “soon after” is very expensive automation going to reach Africa, India, and other places in numbers sufficient to put a dent in those fatalities? The slow march of other tech, safety included, suggests decades. Meanwhile the safety gains of automation are so far hypothetical, amd until they’re well demonstrated, potentially a distant pipe dream. Nothing about ML/AI today suggests a near-future of ultra-safe cars.