By comparison, 5,376 pedestrians were killed by people-drive cars in 2015, which is one pedestrian killed every 1.6 hours.
It’s not helpful to focus a single accident—this is a “man bites dog” story that triggers all sorts of worries about technology gone wrong. The facts, however, might indicate that, mile for mile, computer-driven cars are safer than people-driven. More research and work is needed, but overall I for one am hopeful for a future in which safer cars drive themselves. NHTSA stats: Pedestrians - CrashStats - NHTSA <https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&ved=0ahUKEwjrh5LauPnZAhUObawKHRbNCTYQFgg0MAE&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcrashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov%2FApi%2FPublic%2FPublication%2F812375&usg=AOvVaw2tzyQY4hOsgskIMmY3sOCt> --Eric Norris [email protected] @CampyOnlyguy (Twitter/Instagram) > On Mar 19, 2018, at 2:55 PM, Joe Bernard <[email protected]> wrote: > > There's a lot of detail missing here. Neither the car nor the person in the > driver's seat avoided the pedestrian, which makes me question if the accident > would have been the same with a person doing all the driving. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
