[xnx]

> automation tech should be better than humans before widespread adoption

How much better?

From the article: "Waymo’s vehicles have been involved in 94% fewer crashes that cause serious injury or worse than human drivers on the same roads."

The longer safe autonomous vehicles are obstructed through legislation, the more people die.

[audunf]

I think those are Waymo’s numbers. They might be a bit biased? :)

https://www.thestreet.com/technology/waymo-exec-admits-harsh...

Maybe autonomous vehicles need to work so well that practically everyone agrees they’re a good idea?

Anecdotal, but I’ve owned a couple of cars with assistive/“self-driving” - including Tesla’s. I can’t count the number of times I’ve had to take over.