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Re:The driverless truck is coming, and it’s going to automat... by ovi256 on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @08:22AM (#11571197)
Now you need to take into account how many cars vs how many trucks were on the road in the period that yielded those numbers. Only then you can obtain the propensity of car drivers vs truck drivers to get into accidents.
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Re:The driverless truck is coming, and it’s going to automat... by tyingq on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @08:37AM (#11571295)
Not sure I understand...these are only accidents in which both a car and truck were involved.

The definitive thing you would want, I assume, is "at-fault accidents per xxx miles driven" for all accidents, segmented by vehicle type.

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Re:The driverless truck is coming, and it’s going to automat... by SerLava on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @09:27AM (#11571631)
Yeah, that one makes sense. Because if 1 truck has 30 cars around it, chances are that a car will screw up before a truck.
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Re:The driverless truck is coming, and it’s going to automat... by JshWright on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @10:39AM (#11572229)
Sure, but unless the car running into the truck _prevents_ the truck from being at-fault in a different accident further down the road, that doesn't really matter.
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