Agreed, but who want to be the one to debug the almost certain bugs in the AV programs?
I’ll let others do that for me. Then again, I can see it opening up a whole new world for the elderly, those physically unable to drive, etc. - Mark Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone > On Dec 1, 2020, at 7:56 AM, Peri Hartman via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > Didn't go through for some reason. > > << Annoyed by leaf blowers ? https://quietcleanseattle.org/ >> > > ------ Original Message ------ > From: "Peri Hartman" <[email protected]> > To: "Electric Vehicle Discussion List" <[email protected]> > Sent: 01-Dec-20 6:36:54 AM > Subject: Re[2]: [EVDL] 'All's not well with UK public charging' / Autonomy > >> Another way to measure success is when the number of fatalities from >> autonomous vehicles becomes less than other vehicle fatalities. There will >> always be fatalities but when your risk is less in an AV, why not ? >> >> I've seen several mentions about accident rates, but that is misleading. >> It's almost certain that right from the start AVs will have fewer accidents. >> It's important to look at fatalities. And probably near fatalities, too. >> >> Peri >> >> << Annoyed by leaf blowers ? https://quietcleanseattle.org/ >> >> >> ------ Original Message ------ >> From: "Martin WINLOW via EV" <[email protected]> >> To: "EVDL Post Message" <[email protected]> >> Cc: "Martin WINLOW" <[email protected]> >> Sent: 30-Nov-20 11:49:22 PM >> Subject: Re: [EVDL] 'All's not well with UK public charging' / Autonomy >> >>> >>> I’m not so sure… Ultimately it all comes down to money and if, as I >>> suspect is quite feasible, autonomous vehicles develop sufficiently to the >>> point where they prevent ~90% of road traffic collisions (RTC), generally, >>> then the savings in financial terms will, on its own, make autonomous >>> vehicles happen, wether we like it or not. The costs I’m talking about are, >>> for example, to insurance companies from prevented personal injuries, to >>> national and local government and related agencies and authorities in >>> dealing with the aftermath of collisions (both immediate and subsequent eg >>> emergency services, court time, pathologists etc, etc) not to mention the >>> huge and often completely overlooked costs of post-collision traffic >>> congestion… the list goes on. >>> >>> Regards, Martin Winlow >>> >>> > > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html > INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
