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Redefining 'safety' for self-driving cars

  • Written by Srikanth Saripalli, Associate Professor in Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University
imageWhen self-driving cars get in crashes, who's to blame?Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority via AP

In early November, a self-driving shuttle and a delivery truck collided in Las Vegas. The event, in which no one was injured and no property was seriously damaged, attracted media and public attention in part because one of the vehicles was...

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