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Person dies after 2 driverless cars block ambulance on way to hospital
(scrippsnews.com)
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I get that "man bites dog" is more newsworthy, as they say. But can we stop a tick and internalize that a human driven car hit and killed someone, and we're talking about how it's the autonomous car's fault for adding a slight delay!
Give me a break. An ambulance being stuck in traffic by idiot drivers is nothing new. The autonomous cars may even kill people at a rate we're uncomfortable with. They're still gonna be better than humans. Humans are terrible drivers. Autonomous cars can't come soon enough, and yes, I say that even as someone who prefers transit. Don't let perfect be the enemy of good.
And, as suggested with a summary apparently taken from video evidence, the only car blocking the route cleared the area as soon as it was able. ... You know; like a human driver should (but, if you've ever seen the traffic to the tunnel in 07306 and heard the woop-wu-woop-woop DJ as he tries to remind drivers to GTFO of the way, you'd know they don't).
They aren't yet and once they are, we can stop having this discussion. Until then...