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That's certainly a LOT better than I would have thought, although still depressingly short of the 100% reduction that computer controlled cars would give us.


I doubt we'd see a 100% reduction of accident injuries and fatalities with automated control of cars - diminishing returns due to other uncontrolled factors like pedestrians, dropped loads, pathological algorithm responses in unusual situations etc. Of course, spending 6x as much on road-safety campaigns as in the referenced studies won't deliver anything like a 6x improvement either.




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