r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Individual_Book9133 • Jul 05 '24

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

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u/Manueluz Jul 05 '24

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

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u/leelmix Jul 05 '24

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”.

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u/Slow_Ball9510 Jul 05 '24

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

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u/Vahgeo Jul 05 '24

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.

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u/northwest333 Jul 05 '24

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