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Re:Alphabet's Self-Driving Cars to Get Their First Real Riders by sovnade on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @11:05AM (#14194148)
That also could be because autopilot is only usable on highways (IIRC) and the fatality rate per accident on highways is much higher than standard town/city driving.

Either way there's not nearly enough data to draw conclusions from.

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Re:Alphabet's Self-Driving Cars to Get Their First Real Riders by Siecje on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @11:37AM (#14194466)
Autopilot won't stop at stop signs or stop lights, so it is not as useful when not on highways.

Just to clarify the downvotes.

Highway driving is safer.

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Re:Alphabet's Self-Driving Cars to Get Their First Real Riders by euyyn on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @12:52PM (#14195451)
Google's self-driving cars started on highways (easier problem to tackle) before moving on to city streets.
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