[LINK] Robot cars and the fear gap

[David Boxall]

For me, the question is not whether self-driving vehicles are perfect 
(every system has a failure rate), it's whether they're an improvement.

<http://reneweconomy.com.au/2016/robot-cars-fear-gap-50008>
> There’s a historical precedent to this. An article from a 1984 edition 
> of the New York Times outline efforts to encourage seatbelt use, and 
> the dramatic reasons people refuse to use them:
> “Researchers say that misperceptions about the uses of seat belts, in 
> addition to the discomfort of wearing them, contribute to drivers’ 
> reluctance to buckle up. There is a persistent myth, for example, that 
> it is safer to be thrown free of the car than to be restrained by a 
> belt. In fact, the chances of being killed in a crash increase 25 
> times if an occupant flies from the vehicle. Others fear being trapped 
> by a belt if the car catches fire or falls into water”

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