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Re:Self-driving vehicles against human drivers: Equal safety... by the8472 on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @01:16PM (#25584292)
We don't need to switch everyone over at the same time. For example we could start with young (more likely to be drunk and inexperienced?) or known-bad (traffic offenses) drivers where perhaps even sub-average autonomous vehicles could make a difference.
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Re:Self-driving vehicles against human drivers: Equal safety... by jjj1232 on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @05:21PM (#25586892)
You’re right, I shouldn’t have said “At the same time” but the point still stands: your other comment was talking past the OP, not addressing their point.

You’re talking about it as a macro optimization problem while the OP was explaining a rational decision at the level of the individual.

Edited for clarity

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Re:Self-driving vehicles against human drivers: Equal safety... by Nimitz14 on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @05:59PM (#25587303)
The people who will have money to buy new cars which can drive by themselves are not young.
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