Are autonomous cars really safer than human drivers?
- Written by Peter Hancock, Professor of Psychology, Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Industrial Engineering and Management Systems, University of Central Florida
A key factor is how well people and machines can avoid crashes.Tempe Police Department via AP
Much of the push toward self-driving cars has been underwritten by the hope that they will save lives by getting involved in fewer crashes with fewer injuries and deaths than human-driven cars. But so far, most comparisons between human drivers and...
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