Re:Driverless robotaxi fleet paralyzed for hours in San Fran...
by koreth1 on Friday July 01, 2022 @12:22AM
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> While its quite proven that slow, chaotic, and unpredictable environments are so much safer.
The "slow" part, for sure. Harm in a collision is largely a matter of kinetic energy.
The "chaotic and unpredictable" part, maybe not. From the statistics I've seen over the years, traffic-related death rates seem to be much higher in places with highly chaotic driving environments. For example, 140 annual traffic deaths per 100,000 vehicles in India vs. 14 in the USA.
The "slow" part, for sure. Harm in a collision is largely a matter of kinetic energy.
The "chaotic and unpredictable" part, maybe not. From the statistics I've seen over the years, traffic-related death rates seem to be much higher in places with highly chaotic driving environments. For example, 140 annual traffic deaths per 100,000 vehicles in India vs. 14 in the USA.