[WoodenChair]

The top 3 causes of death by vehicle accident in USA are [0]:

- DUI

- speeding

- distraction

In other words all human errors. Machines don’t drink, shouldn’t speed if programmed correctly, and are never distracted fiddling with their radio controls or looking down at their phones. So if they are at least as good as a human driver in general (obeying traffic laws, not hitting obstructions, etc.), they will be safer than a human driver in these areas that really matter.

What do you care more about—that there is somebody specific to blame for an accident or that there are less human deaths?

0: https://www.idrivesafely.com/defensive-driving/trending/most... and many other sources you can find

[diydsp]

Under corporate control safety spirals down to increase profit. See: opiods, climate change, pesticides, antibiotic resistance, deforestation, and privacy. 50 years from now self-driving cars will be cheaper and more dangerous. Human driving misbehavior will still be disincentivized through the justice system, but corporations will avoid individual responsibility for dangerous programming.

[bliteben]

We could likely put 80% of cars on rails just as easily