Hey, just so you know: someone in authority has already allowed these cars on the roads. Waymo has full operations in the SF Bay Area, Los Angeles, and the Phoenix metropolitan area. No safety driver, fully autonomous, open to the public for use.The issue here is when does someone in authority allow these cars on the road, with no driver? If a self driving car injures a person every (made up number) 1 million miles, do we allow them? A million self-driving cars .....
What if it injures a person every 100,000 miles, but us humans injure someone every 90,000 miles. Will someone take the authority and say "yeah, it's not hurting as many people as humans, let's have them". That's what should happen imo, but it's a brave person who authorises this.
Further, because they are operating on a special license, they are required to report 100% of any accidents they get in, regardless of fault. Your statistical question is answered at this link.
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