Driverless cars are further away than you think

Re:Driverless cars are further away than you think by vworldv on Thursday October 24, 2013 @05:01AM (#6604087)

Nitpicking: I should point out that far fewer than 1.2 million -- more like 35,000 these days [1] -- die in traffic accidents, although there are many injuries.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_motor_vehicle_deaths_in...

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Re:Driverless cars are further away than you think by othello on Thursday October 24, 2013 @06:04AM (#6604335)

The 1.2 million deaths per year figure was for the entire world.

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Re:Driverless cars are further away than you think by Osiris on Thursday October 24, 2013 @05:22AM (#6604186)

I think he's talking world-wide, not just in the U.S.

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