Re:Waymo's collision avoidance testing
by rootusrootus on Wednesday December 14, 2022 @05:52PM
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> in the US, at least) car safety ratings don't take those into consideration
Which ratings? The NHTSA does include non-occupant fatalities in their statistics. E.g. https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/2020-traffic-crash-data...
Re:Waymo's collision avoidance testing
by cipheredStones on Friday December 16, 2022 @04:40PM
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NHTSA safety ratings (https://www.nhtsa.gov/ratings) only count people in the car. It looks like they proposed a change to that this spring (https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/five-star-safety-rating...), but I don't think they've implemented it yet. From that press release:
> For the first time ever, [the proposed rating program] includes technology recommendations not only for drivers and passengers but for road users outside the vehicle, like pedestrians.
News story on this: https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/3/22960262/nhtsa-ncap-five-s...
Does this statistic count fatalities to people outside the car? I ask because (in the US, at least) car safety ratings don't take those into consideration.