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Re:7.1M miles, 3 minor injuries: Waymo's safety data looks good by jseliger on Thursday December 21, 2023 @10:29AM (#38721659)
could be someone being killed

Have you been paying attention to the status quo at all? https://www.iihs.org/topics/fatality-statistics/detail/state...

If not, you might want to. https://jakeseliger.com/2019/12/16/maybe-cars-are-just-reall...

I live in Arizona and have taken Waymo a bunch. It's great! https://twitter.com/seligerj/status/1707259311809073313/vide...

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Re:7.1M miles, 3 minor injuries: Waymo's safety data looks good by itsoktocry on Thursday December 21, 2023 @11:40AM (#38722797)
>Have you been paying attention to the status quo at all?

Humans make mistakes and car accidents happen. We don't and won't accept the same from machines. Why is that so hard to understand?

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Re:7.1M miles, 3 minor injuries: Waymo's safety data looks good by InCityDreams on Thursday December 21, 2023 @11:05AM (#38722240)
Would you take the same in New York?
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