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Re:Google Wing Launching US Drone Deliveries with FedEx, Wal... by jacquesm on Friday September 20, 2019 @03:05AM (#21023921)
> much safer than delivery vans

What makes you write that?

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Re:Google Wing Launching US Drone Deliveries with FedEx, Wal... by lgats on Friday September 20, 2019 @03:50AM (#21024171)
Certainly more people will be injured per package delivered by delivery van vs delivery drone.

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/carolineodonovan/amazon...

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Re:Google Wing Launching US Drone Deliveries with FedEx, Wal... by jacquesm on Friday September 20, 2019 @03:53AM (#21024191)
That remains to be seen. Yes, traffic has its toll, we are all quite aware of it. But we do not have the numbers on drones in large deployments carrying packages so that seems premature.
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