News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Waymo now testing its self-driving cars on public roads with no one at the wheel. Parent comment

Re:Waymo now testing its self-driving cars on public roads w... by barney54 on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @11:39PM (#15649936)
In the future cars might be so safe you don't need a seat belt. Another thing that changes with autonomy is a reduction of crash-related features.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Waymo now testing its self-driving cars on public roads w... by Piskvorrr on Wednesday November 08, 2017 @04:32AM (#15650887)
Improbable, unless you can handwave terrain away. (And deer. And malfunctions. And...) There's so many things a car can impact besides other cars that a non-seatbelt in a car is far less likely than cars being replaced by some other form of transport.
[ Parent | on HN ]