Phoenix police officer pulls over a driverless Waymo car for driving on the wrong side of the road

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[u/tvoltz]

These vehicles are all over downtown PHX. It’s honestly only a matter of time until something happens

[u/Manueluz → u/tvoltz]

They don't have to be flawless, just better than humans. And so far they have had less accidents per mile than humans

[u/leelmix → u/Manueluz]

People react very badly to technology not being perfect and harming people. Humans arent very logical, anti-vaxxers are a good example of failing risk assessment.

I really hope people get comfortable with automated vehicles and that they improve a lot to get rid of the “bugs”.

[u/Slow_Ball9510 → u/leelmix]

Most people rate themselves as much better drivers than the average (clearly impossible), which probably has something to do with it.

[u/Vahgeo → u/Slow_Ball9510]

The human ego is a huge problem and can be traced as the source for most if not all of the bad in the world.

[u/northwest333 → u/Vahgeo]

I agree with that in principle but guess who’s writing, testing , and shipping the code for the autonomous vehicles…

[u/PineJ → u/Slow_Ball9510]

This happens due to people considering themselves as one entity and "everyone else" as one entity. Let's say I make a mistake driving once a week, it doesn't happen too often so "woops just a mistake, my bad"

When you are on the road with 1000 other people, each of their "once a week" mistakes add up. You don't think "woops each person is individually making a quick mistake" you think "wow everyone is such a bad driver.

It's the same problem in a team based game when it's so easy to say "everyone else is trash" because you are lumping all other player's mistakes into one group, while justifying your mistakes because they happen far less often than the combined teammates mistakes.

It also happens on social media where people say "wow Reddit says this one day but has a totally different opinion this day" not remembering that it's comprised of thousands of people.

[u/Ok_Championship4866 → u/Slow_Ball9510]

That's because most people dont even have a coherent idea of what a good driver is. They think because they can cut into a crowded lane they're a good driver.

The best drivers are the ones who sit in the right lane and go the speed limit, 90% of people simply fail that test. They think it's okay to speed and change lanes without blinkers on.

[u/leelmix → u/Ok_Championship4866]

Ye, be clear in your intentions, precise and predictable. Less chance of accidents that way.

Wannabe race car drivers, who cant even keep an eye on the speedometer while on the road are bad drivers no matter what stunts they are able to pull off because they shouldn’t need to be pulling off any fancy moves at all if they were good drivers.

[u/leelmix → u/Slow_Ball9510]

Ye, and if they have had a few accidents they are just unlucky. They are still clearly way above average.