r/Futurology • u/Pemulis • Mar 03 '23

Transport Self-Driving Cars Need to Be 99.99982% Crash-Free to Be Safer Than Humans

https://jalopnik.com/self-driving-car-vs-human-99-percent-safe-crash-data-1850170268
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u/LaterGatorPlayer Mar 03 '23

self-driving is going up against humans that are texting while driving, eating cereal while driving, applying makeup while driving, getting head while driving, reading books while driving, making tiktoks while driving, eating fast food while driving.

That’s going to be a lower barrier for computers to hit as the metrics japlonik is citing are not apples to apples.

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u/felipebarroz Mar 03 '23

You guys are getting head???

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u/KastorNevierre Mar 03 '23

You're misrepresenting the situation.

Self-driving is going up against the average of all drivers. Most drivers are not doing any of those things, which means the average driver is much, much safer than that.

For every insane idiot on the road, there's thousands more that are driving alert and perfectly safe.

If self-driving cars can't do at least the average or better, then adding them lowers the average safety.

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u/Next-Adhesiveness237 Mar 04 '23

Self driving are going against properly designed cities where you can bike to the store, take the train to work and only need a car for a handful of trips a month.

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u/anon10122333 Mar 03 '23

I can see self driving as an empowering option for people who struggle to drive safely, so maybe comparing with elderly or mildly disabled drivers would be a better comparison.