[LINK] Cars, again

[Jim Birch]

On 15 November 2017 at 14:32, David <dlochrin at key.net.au> wrote:


> > This is a complex task, but guess what? Computer systems can already
> drive cars, and they can do it well.
>
> Not when they T-bone trucks and kill the driver!
>

Choosing anecdotal evidence seems wrong to me.  Personally I'd prefer a
statistical approach.  Expert drivers have killed a lot of people too.
Hey, let's not let them on the roads either.

"Nearly *1.3 million people* die in road crashes each year, on average
3,287 deaths a day. An additional 20-50 million are injured or disabled."

http://asirt.org/initiatives/informing-road-users/road-safety-facts/road-crash-statistics

Driverless vehicles have a massive amount of catching up to do if they are
going to reach parity with humans.  Today's roads are like the open sewers
of early European cities, responsible for an enormous amount of human death
and suffering.  An effort was required to fix the problem but it was done.

Jim






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