Re:Apple engineer killed in Tesla crash had previously compl...
by Alupis on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @08:36PM
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To take this further, it's been shown every year the numbers are released, that of that ~35k motor vehicle related deaths, ~20k are alcohol related.
On average, humans are actually pretty good at not dying in motor vehicle related accidents - or avoiding them altogether, given the sheer number of miles traveled per day in the US.
That, however, just isn't the narrative Self-driving followers want everyone to know.
If we were actually serious about reducing motor vehicle deaths, we would mandate that every car be equipped with a breathalyzer device. No fancy new technology is necessary, and there's plenty of low-hanging fruit (Impaired driving) that we can deal with.
For some reason, though, the religion of autonomous driving does not consider this as a solution to minimizing road fatalities.