Are self-driving cars already safer than human drivers?

Re:Are self-driving cars already safer than human drivers? by kingcobraninja on Friday September 01, 2023 @08:24AM (#37349877)

Depends on the conditions. Freshly paved interstate with clear lane markers, light traffic, daytime overcast skies with no rain? Maybe. Driving through a construction zones with painted-over lane markers at night, traffic cones knocked into the road, power out, and a police officer directing traffic at an intersection? No.

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Re:Are self-driving cars already safer than human drivers? by Gys on Friday September 01, 2023 @08:30AM (#37349970)

> Freshly paved interstate

The article is specifically about driving in SF. It also states SF is one of US more difficult cities to drive.

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Re:Are self-driving cars already safer than human drivers? by zirgs on Friday September 01, 2023 @08:40AM (#37350067)

Does it snow in SF?

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Re:Are self-driving cars already safer than human drivers? by carlhjerpe on Friday September 01, 2023 @08:57AM (#37350229)

Do self driving cars have to drive in snowy conditions yet?

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Re:Are self-driving cars already safer than human drivers? by cwillu on Friday September 01, 2023 @09:30AM (#37350588)

There are cities that are not in california, and some of them get snow.

Self-driving cars don't have to drive in snowy conditions; indeed, they don't have to drive in any conditions at all. It'd be nice if they could though.

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Re:Are self-driving cars already safer than human drivers? by Ekaros on Friday September 01, 2023 @08:58AM (#37350236)

Absolutely they do, if they want to be at all usable.

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Re:Are self-driving cars already safer than human drivers? by aworks on Friday September 01, 2023 @11:49PM (#37358425)

Yes, and it was glorious...

https://www.sfchronicle.com/projects/san-francisco-snow/

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Re:Are self-driving cars already safer than human drivers? by ghaff on Friday September 01, 2023 @08:57AM (#37350231)

If you take snow/ice out of the equation--admittedly a big if--it's probably fair that driving in at least many parts of SF are relatively challenging by US city standards for a person to drive in.

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Re:Are self-driving cars already safer than human drivers? by aworks on Friday September 01, 2023 @11:48PM (#37358424)

For mechanical reasons as well. My dad was a resident engineer at the Chrysler automatic transmission plant. He would send early production runs of transmissions to cab companies in San Francisco for stress testing...

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