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by belltaco 1726 days ago
Hope we apply the same metric to human drivers as well and don't allow anyone on the roads till they prove they are attentive 100% of the time and can maneuver like F1 drivers at all times. Monitored cameras every 100 feet would be a good start to find who's driving badly, and also a required driver face camera that records to a blackbox like device that cops can get the video from, and which the driver has no control over.

>Fatalities from Crashes

>In 2016, over 33,000 traffic crashes resulting in fatalities, major injuries or minor injuries were reported on Bay Area roadways.

10% of the crashes resulted in more than minor injuries, so 3.3K serious crashes.
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jacquesm 1726 days ago
Yes to the being attentive, no they don't need to maneuver like F1 drivers because they are not in a race.

Drivers in the USA are - sorry - absolutely terrible, the driving license requirements are ridiculous.

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enraged_camel 1726 days ago
Your profile says you’re in the Netherlands, which is a completely different place.

You may know this already but here in the US, even though driving is technically a “privilege”, in reality it is a requirement in most locales due to lack of consistent and reliable alternatives. That’s part of why getting a drivers license is fairly easy.

It’s also why your “I’ll have my son shred my license after I turn 70” wouldn’t work unless you were living in a place like NYC or Chicago, or were totally okay with having little social life (dependent on your kids’ and friends’ ability and willingness to drive you to places).

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jacquesm 1726 days ago
Collectively you decide what kind of country you want to create and individually you have the choice to move. FWIW I spent years on the Canadian/USA border and have driven there quite a bit.
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Sargos 1726 days ago
These autonomous cars do maneuver like F1 drivers so I guess they are a big improvement already
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Retric 1726 days ago
Only the same way a Boeing 777 is like a fighter jet.

F1 cars can break 7g’s cornering where street legal cars have trouble hitting 1/3 of that. They do 0-120 mph faster than most cars can hit 0-60.

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