[alkonaut]

No, we accept humans as being imperfect but we do not accept machines as being imperfect. Yes this means that companies that have autonomous vehicles that have a lower accident rate than humans may still be completely unable to sell them because of legal issues and market perception.

We don’t know yet what the acceptance rate is for autonomous accidents - but I can guarantee it’s not the rational value of 1:1 or “as safe as humans”. They’ll need to do a lot better.

[mantap]

Yes and there's also a kind of lying with statistics that goes on. That human accident rate includes drunk drivers, very young drivers, very old drivers, etc.

The average accident rate is not your expected accident rate, if you are an average person who is not in those categories.