Waymo says insurance data shows its driverless cars are safer than humans

Re:Waymo says insurance data shows its driverless cars are s... by lozenge on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @04:50AM (#38010704)

If 60% of people want to travel at 8:30am and they don't want to share a vehicle, then there needs to be that many cars and space for them to park.

You can park them further away from their destination, this increases traffic massively driving to the parking.

As well, if the ride is comfortable then people will be willing to plan longer commutes. An induced demand which increases the number of miles driven and hence traffic. Watching TV in the car is a major appeal of self driving.

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Re:Waymo says insurance data shows its driverless cars are s... by n2d4 on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @05:38AM (#38010996)

If at peak time only 60% of people are driving that means we saved 40% of parking space at no traffic cost, even if we just park the cars normally! That is significant.

I'm also convinced that the peak share of vehicles in use is less than 60% at any time of the day and year, but happy to be proven wrong.

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