There are countless other examples. It's one of the first things they bring up in almost every presentation to the general public. It's how they present themselves to the world, as the answer to traffic fatalities.
You may think it "ignorant" but the fact is that fatalities are going to be the single most important metric that the public and journalists and governments are going to focus on, and that's why it matters. The first few driverless car fatalities are going to be a huge, huge deal and are likely to result in action from all three branches of government. There will be court cases, there will be regulatory action, and there will be a lot of noise from politicians about laws and maybe even some laws passed about it. The first one already forced Uber out of the game.
https://youtu.be/gW6Wt2WQotY?t=232
https://youtu.be/o8rCOKSDMcg?t=60
There are countless other examples. It's one of the first things they bring up in almost every presentation to the general public. It's how they present themselves to the world, as the answer to traffic fatalities.
You may think it "ignorant" but the fact is that fatalities are going to be the single most important metric that the public and journalists and governments are going to focus on, and that's why it matters. The first few driverless car fatalities are going to be a huge, huge deal and are likely to result in action from all three branches of government. There will be court cases, there will be regulatory action, and there will be a lot of noise from politicians about laws and maybe even some laws passed about it. The first one already forced Uber out of the game.