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U.S. to decide soon on GM's request to deploy cars without steering wheels::U.S. regulators will soon decide on a petition filed by General Motors' Cruise self-driving technology unit seeking permission to deploy up to 2,500 self-driving vehicles annually without human controls, a top auto safety official said on Wednesday.

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[-] CaptObvious@lemmy.world 65 points 1 year ago

No, no, no, no. This is right up there with my state wanting to let 18-year-olds carry concealed deadly weapons in classrooms with no permit. A deal breaker for my continued participation in this society.

[-] 11181514@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Yeah self driving cars are totally the same thing as giving a teenager a gun in a school.

[-] CaptObvious@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago

Given their track record, yes.

[-] bric@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Their track record is literally better than the track record of the average human driver. The data doesn't back up what you're saying at all

[-] CaptObvious@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago
[-] bric@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

https://storage.googleapis.com/waymo-uploads/files/documents/safety/Safety%20Performance%20of%20Waymo%20RO%20at%201M%20miles.pdf

This is waymo, not cruise, but it's a comparison between 1 million miles with no humans behind the wheel and the human average. That's about 80 years worth of human driving, and while that's not long enough to provide meaningful data on reducing fatalities, they do show that self driving cars reduce both the frequency and severity of more minor accidents

[-] 11181514@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

What a disgusting point of view.

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