Self-Driving Cars Save Lives
Waymo, whose fully automated, self-driving cars are a common sight in Los Angeles, has recently released its raw data on several years of practical, on-the-road traffic accidents. It turns out that even first-generation self-driving cars are at least TEN TIMES SAFER than those driven by humans (and the true number might be much more than that).
From a safety point of view, the future clearly seems to favor automation. But is there more to driving a car than just safety? Here’s more from Scott Ott, flanked by Bill Whittle and Steve Green in a new edition of The Right Angle.
