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Waymo is the leader in self driving cars, by a lot. Here's one getting itself stuck in concrete. (hexbear.net)

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[-] AntifaSuperWombat@hexbear.net 23 points 14 hours ago

So, how are those things street-legal again?

[-] shath@hexbear.net 26 points 13 hours ago

[-] AntifaSuperWombat@hexbear.net 25 points 13 hours ago

[-] Jrockwar@feddit.uk 19 points 13 hours ago

Easy. Waymo specifically, because over 22 million miles, they have demonstrated that they have about 7 times fewer crashes with injuries than human drivers. (0.4 collisions with injuries per million miles, compared to 2.78 for human drivers).

I don't work for Waymo and I have no particular interest in them "succeeding" but I don't have reason to believe this data is fabricated - NHTSA has tight grips on reporting of every single incident and even disengagements of the autonomous system.

These things are not a Tesla with an inexpensive sensor suite and a deceitfully marketed advanced cruise control.

[-] underisk@hexbear.net 4 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

So if they have confirmed cases of people being injured by these things, who gets held legally responsible for them when they kill or injure someone, and how? If I unleash a murderous robot that only kills and injures one seventh of the people cars do am I legally in the clear as long as he picks up a few fares during his rampage?

[-] Jrockwar@feddit.uk 3 points 3 hours ago

I wish I could give you an actual solid answer but I'm not a lawyer. My suspicion is that if Boeing could kill 346 people with their 737 MAX negligence without anyone going to jail, then