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>Driverless cars are also being tested in relatively nice driving conditions. People, on the other hand, drive in all sorts of conditions. I would add that people represent (as a whole) various kind of drivers, including the non-expert/fresh licensed, the elderly, the too sure of themselves, those speeding or not respecting road signals (or driving in connection with a crime), the emotionally fragile, those under the effect of alcohol or drugs, those tired by not having had enough sleep, etc., etc. The "model" for an autonomous vehicle should be instead a particular "perfect" subset, ideally it should replicate the behaviour of an hypothetical extremely prudent, healthy 30-something with some experience with safe driving, very familiar with the way his/her car handles, having had a nice night sleep, no use of alcohol or drugs, without any external pressure (to arrive in time, to do other chores apart driving) without a cellphone or tablet distracting him/her. If we could find this latter kind of drivers (should they actually exist) and isolate from the statistics the amount of incidents they caused, that would be the reference benchmark. |