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Re:Google’s Self-Driving Car Project Is Losing Out to Rivals by throwaway7767 on Monday September 12, 2016 @11:27AM (#12480515)
The statistics aren't in yet, and it's too soon to make a reasonable comparison.

That said, I think GP will be proven right in time. Risk compensation[0] is a well-documented phenomenon and this seems highly likely to trigger that sort of behaviour.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risk_compensation

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Re:Google’s Self-Driving Car Project Is Losing Out to Rivals by greeneggs on Monday September 12, 2016 @11:37AM (#12480612)
As the system gets incrementally better, paradoxically it could get less safe, because drivers will get more used to relying on it and stop paying attention.
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Re:Google’s Self-Driving Car Project Is Losing Out to Rivals by brianwawok on Monday September 12, 2016 @11:47AM (#12480695)
Except the less human drivers the safer the overall system. Less people to crash into others.
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Re:Google’s Self-Driving Car Project Is Losing Out to Rivals by mason240 on Monday September 12, 2016 @12:28PM (#12481080)
Right, but the problem with these partial systems is that they still require the driver to be fully attentive.
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