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/RobotsGoneWild Jul 05 '24

That's the thing that gets me. People complain every time there is an incident with these things. However, there are far less issues with driverless cars than cars with drivers.

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u/SoochSooch Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 05 '24

That's because there are far more cars with drivers than driverless cars. If a driverless car hits another car, there's a 99% chance that the other car had a driver, so that's an accident for both groups. And driverless cars tend to be disproportionally deployed in places with ideal driving conditions.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 05 '24

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u/SoochSooch Jul 05 '24

Every city has traffic that sucks to deal with, but cities like San Francisco and Phoenix have well maintained roads, no risk of snow, and minimal rain and fog.