Well, they’re out in the world, so they’ve escaped the lab. Note that I referred to a *future* in which safer cars drive themselves. We may not be there yet.
--Eric Norris campyonly...@me.com @CampyOnlyguy (Twitter/Instagram) > On Mar 19, 2018, at 3:58 PM, Steve Palincsar <palin...@his.com> wrote: > > > > On 03/19/2018 06:39 PM, Eric Norris wrote: >> 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. >> > > Since computer driven cars are basically still in the laboratory I think it's > premature to say they "are safer". They "aren't" anything at all yet, just a > lab experiment. > > > > -- > 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
