many of those deaths are alcohol and drug related, possibly fixed with self-driving cars
From: Ted Roche tedroche@gmail.com To: "profox@leafe.com" profox@leafe.com Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2017 6:49 AM Subject: Re: [NF] Open systems Drive you crazy
On Fri, Nov 10, 2017 at 4:22 AM, Alan Bourke alanpbourke@fastmail.fm wrote:
I doubt we'll see widespread adoption of fully autonomous road vehicles in any of our lifetimes.
I doubt the automobile will replace the horse. People want to feel in charge, go where they want to go, and cars are so unreliable, breaking down all the time.
Even if the tech problems were solved, which they are far from being despite the hype, I'm still unclear as to what problem it would solve. Road deaths? I suspect putting the money into driver education and enforcement would yield better returns.
Despite pouring millions into education, insurance programs, safety devices from seatbelts to airbags, deaths per million miles went UP last year. In the US alone, 40 THOUSAND people died on the roads. The fact is, people are lousy drivers, and imperfect automation is already better, but the numbers.
About the only sensible application I can see is for disabled people.
The only thing is, we're all disabled.
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