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Re:San Francisco raises Tesla 'self-driving' safety concerns... by d3nj4l on Sunday September 26, 2021 @09:49AM (#28660876)
That’s fine, but you can’t sign people up for medical trials just because people die from diseases anyway. You don’t get to force other people into becoming Guinea pigs for science.
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Re:San Francisco raises Tesla 'self-driving' safety concerns... by happytiger on Monday October 04, 2021 @05:39PM (#28752404)
Unfortunately or not, this is exactly what Deaths per X miles driven statistics actually are. And that’s the statistic set at the base of automotive safety policy decision making.

https://www.iihs.org/topics/fatality-statistics/detail/state...

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Re:San Francisco raises Tesla 'self-driving' safety concerns... by happytiger on Monday October 04, 2021 @05:38PM (#28752390)
Unfortunately or not, this is exactly what Deaths per X miles driven statistics actually are. And that’s the statistic set at the base of automotive policy making.

Here: https://www.iihs.org/topics/fatality-statistics/detail/state...

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