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0 pointsrajbot1mo ago0 comments

A Waymo is already a dramatically safer driver than a human, and it isn’t even close.

There have been, and will continue to be, many cases drive into flood zones and die.

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qsera1mo ago· 2 in thread

>A Waymo is already a dramatically safer driver than a human, and it isn’t even close.

Driving safe is not always about having faster reaction speed.

NiloCK1mo ago

It's about many things, including reaction speed, visual awareness, specific expertise and informed decision making wrt braking or acceleration power. All of these are better in a modern self-driving car (I do not know whether Tesla falls into this category) than in a human.

https://waymo.com/safety/impact/

Over a given driving distance, compared to humans, Waymos produce a 90% reduction in serious injury, 90% reduction in pedestrian strikes, 83% reduction in airbag deployments, 85% reduction in cyclist strikes.

qsera1mo ago

Reaction speed does not matter if the driver can anticipate things before they happen. Actually I think what makes a good driver is ones ability to anticipate.

I don't think computers are anywhere near a human in that regard.

>visual awareness

A point cloud and some computer vision is not "visual awareness". Your statistics is also biased is of its source.

But in very controlled environments and for sedentary pace of driving, yes, self driving cars could be better than average drivers.

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