Re:Waymo is opening its driverless service to more people in...
by WWLink on Friday October 09, 2020 @12:13AM
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I'd rather pay a little more than have the driver risk their life and my life because waze told them they can make a left turn on a 45mph street across 4 lanes of traffic with nothing more than a stop sign and save half a minute.
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Re:Waymo is opening its driverless service to more people in...
by BoorishBears on Friday October 09, 2020 @01:38AM
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Not wanting to die is kind of something that one doesn't tie to their mode of payment...
Not to mention ridesharing apps have incentivized safer driving with their review systems much more than taxi drivers who generally felt they were beholden to no one or "their own" (which is why they felt comfortable doing things like taking people on joyrides) ever did
There's a lot of ambiguity about accident rates when a passenger is not in the vehicle with an Uber driver, but the rates for actual trips are lower than national averages: https://techcrunch.com/2019/12/05/ubers-fatal-accident-tally...