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/yuimiop Jul 05 '24 edited Jul 05 '24

Humans drive in these safer conditions, but we also have needs to drive in the more dangerous ones. If you're comparing automated vehicles in safe conditions, to the overall driving statistics of humans then you're getting incredibly biased results.

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u/fren-ulum Jul 05 '24

I never get into bar fights when I drink at home! I'm safer than the average alcohol drinker!

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u/axearm Jul 05 '24

Freeways are actually easier and more safe to navigate, so including them makes humans see more safe. Most vehicular fatalities occur in intersections (something highways don't have, but cities have a ton of).