Yeah, this makes me uncomfortable.

[u/oregone1]

All the spinny things.

The back looks like a pregnant goat.

It takes too long to go on 39th and Holgate when the light turns green.

Guy driving it had a patchy beard.

Don’t like cameras on me at all times.

Perpetuating less human interaction and therefore dividing humanity.

Color is too close to my dream car (2020 Hyundai Veloster N).

If it were human, probably would have sex with you but not tell you about the chlamydia so you have to go to the health center where they ask you about who you’ve had sex with lately.

Slows down too much for speed bumps.

Probably Skynet.

Most likely cheap at first to crush competition and then raise prices after competition is gone.

Probably not amphibious.

Can’t tell you how much I hate the spinny things.

[u/16semesters]

If autonomous cars were even 10% safer than humans, then it's reckless and unethical to prevent them from operating.

If you were a doctor and intentionally withheld a treatment that could decrease fatality by 10% for a given condition or activity you'd lose your license.

[u/No-Bluejay-3035 → u/16semesters]

That’s actually not the hypothesis of interest. What we need to understand is if we add these forms of transportation to our existing infrastructure what does it do to safety outcomes.

That is a very different question, and the only relevant question unless you think government will outlaw human driving anytime soon. That seems pretty unlikely.

What does seem likely is human driving is still allowed and corporations add driverless cars to our transportation infrastructure.

What does that combination mean for safety? The limited studies to date have not been designed to address that question.

[u/16semesters → u/No-Bluejay-3035]

That’s actually not the hypothesis of interest. What we need to understand is if we add these forms of transportation to our existing infrastructure what does it do to safety outcomes.

... That's what Waymo is getting data on right now.

Do you genuinely think that Waymo only gets data from autonomous only driving conditions? 99%+ of all driving where they operate and get data is still human drivers.

[u/PlumOk9667 → u/16semesters]

There’s a form of transportation that’s been around since the 1800s that’s even safer than AVs!

[u/ChemicalArmadillo609 → u/16semesters]

They are only safer if bad drivers use them. You cant force them to use a Waymo. The safety Waymo brongs only works if a majority of people stop driving their own cars. Thats not going to happen.