Alphabet's Self-Driving Cars to Get Their First Real Riders

Re:Alphabet's Self-Driving Cars to Get Their First Real Riders by MarkMc on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @02:14PM (#14196438)

Check out this graph about airplane accidents:

http://cdn.static-economist.com/sites/default/files/images/2...

Since 1970 total airplane casualties have halved, while there are now 7 times the number of passengers. Much of this improvement has been due taking decisions away from pilots and into the hands of 'unfeeling' automated systems.

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Re:Alphabet's Self-Driving Cars to Get Their First Real Riders by monkmartinez on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @02:40PM (#14196705)

And look at the cost of planes and those systems. Absolutely out of reach for 97% of the world.

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Re:Alphabet's Self-Driving Cars to Get Their First Real Riders by abawany on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @02:55PM (#14196849)

But commercial airliners were never intended for private ownership, right? I would say a significantly large proportion of the world is unable to own a large bus and these are quite manual still.

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Re:Alphabet's Self-Driving Cars to Get Their First Real Riders by Hydraulix989 on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @02:53PM (#14196826)

I don't see how the ownership model affects parent's argument.

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Re:Alphabet's Self-Driving Cars to Get Their First Real Riders by maverick_iceman on Tuesday April 25, 2017 @06:23PM (#14198683)

You do realize that the cost of air travel has become much less since the 70s?

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