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Re:Toyota Research Institute head says full autonomous drivi... by chrismealy on Tuesday August 29, 2017 @12:45AM (#15122129)
Canada has 40% fewer road deaths by population. I don't think they're that much richer or smarter than Americans. Complacency is killing people.
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Re:Toyota Research Institute head says full autonomous drivi... by stevenwoo on Tuesday August 29, 2017 @01:19AM (#15122256)
Good point. Probably no single simple correlation will do - higher fuel prices points to the one thing that Western Europe and Canada share off the top of my head compared to the USA. (That and nationalized healthcare. :) )
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Re:Toyota Research Institute head says full autonomous drivi... by chrismealy on Tuesday August 29, 2017 @01:41AM (#15122329)
If raising gas taxes would save 12,000 lives per year then America should definitely do it. It's a social problem that doesn't require technological solutions.
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