[Ukv]

> [...] I simply won't risk life of me and my whole family just because some tech bro said so on the internet.

There isn't the option to take no risk - there are over a million deaths a year[0] from regular road traffic crashes.

Region-restricted automated taxi services like Waymo are already looking pretty safe compared to human drivers, though there is a lot of selection bias (good conditions, well-mapped US cities, ...).

[0]: https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/road-traffi...

[JoeAltmaier]

I se 30K on the interweb (US). Where did the million come from?

[Ukv]

https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/road-traffi...

> Every year the lives of approximately 1.19 million people are cut short as a result of a road traffic crash. Between 20 and 50 million more people suffer non-fatal injuries, with many incurring a disability.

(for disclosure, if anyone is confused about JoeAltmaier's reply: the above link wasn't initially in my original comment - I had edited it in shortly before refreshing and seeing their reply)

[JoeAltmaier]

Ah I was looking at US fatalities.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_vehicle_fatality_rate_in...

[JoeAltmaier]

Further, those two stats are irreconcilable? There are not enough countries in the world to add up to nearly 2M deaths per year, given that the top rates are in the US and Russia. Who else has as many cars? Even China and India can't contribute much because of the dearth of cars.

[Ukv]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-r...

China and India do contribute a fair amount.