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Re:California suspends GM Cruise's autonomous vehicle deploy... by anigbrowl on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @04:04PM (#38004648)
The fastest way to do that is to put size limits on personal vehicles. There has been study after study showing that the larger and heavier cars get the greater the risk to pedestrians. Pedestrian fatalities have almost doubled over a decade.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/08/how-cities-can-stem-the...

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Re:California suspends GM Cruise's autonomous vehicle deploy... by xnx on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @09:59PM (#38008260)
> Pedestrian fatalities have almost doubled over a decade.

Requiring cellphones to disable themselves in cars might be even more effective.

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Re:California suspends GM Cruise's autonomous vehicle deploy... by billy99k on Thursday October 26, 2023 @11:10AM (#38026609)
What about the studies on deaths and injury with smaller vehicles only involving another vehicle? My guess is that it's much higher. Most families with kids want larger vehicles for exactly this reason.
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