Re:Uber Neglected Simulation Testing on Self-Driving Cars, I...
by bildung on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @03:50AM
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The fatality rate for human drivers is 1 death per 141 million km driven (US only, many other industrialized countries are significantly better)[1]
There are currently at least 4 confirmed deaths from autonomous vehicles[2]. While beat is correct in stating that those are not enough deaths to draw reliable conclusions from (and Model S owners are not like the average driver), there would have to be more than 600 million km driven autonomously to be comparable to the death rate of normal cars. Probably significantly more, as the cohort of human drivers that is equivalent to Model S owners is way less often involved in accidents in the first place.
There are currently at least 4 confirmed deaths from autonomous vehicles[2]. While beat is correct in stating that those are not enough deaths to draw reliable conclusions from (and Model S owners are not like the average driver), there would have to be more than 600 million km driven autonomously to be comparable to the death rate of normal cars. Probably significantly more, as the cohort of human drivers that is equivalent to Model S owners is way less often involved in accidents in the first place.
[1] = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_traffic-r...
[2] = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_autonomous_car_fatalit...