Comment by razingeden

9 days ago

>One crash in this context is going to just completely blow out their statistics.

One crash in 500,000 miles would merely put them on par with a human driver.

One crash every 50,000 miles would be more like having my sister behind the wheel.

I’ll be sure to tell the next insurer that she’s not a bad driver - she’s just one person operating an itty bitty fleet consisting of one vehicle!

If the cybertaxi were a human driver accruing double points 7 months into its probationary license it would have never made it to 9 accidents because it would have been revoked and suspended after the first two or three accidents in her state and then thrown in JAIL as a “scofflaw” if it continued driving.

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jacquesm  9 days ago

> One crash in 500,000 miles would merely put them on par with a human driver.

> One crash every 50,000 miles would be more like having my sister behind the wheel.

I'm not sure if that leads to the conclusion that you want it to.

  • simiones  9 days ago

    From the tone, it seems that the poster's sister is a particularly bad driver (or at least they believe her to be). While having an autonomous car that can drive as well as even a bad human driver is definitely a major accomplishment technologically, we all know that threshold was passed a long time ago. However, if Tesla's robotaxis (with human monitors on board, let's not forget - these are not fully autonomous cars like Waymo's!) are at best as good as some of the worse human drivers, then they have no business being allowed on public roads. Remember that human drivers can also lose their license if [caught] driving too poorly.

    • razingeden  5 days ago

      > Remember that human drivers can also lose their license if [caught] driving too poorly.

      Thank you, yes, I could have said that better. But yeah as a new human driver if I’m too sloppy and get into too many incidents , the penalty is harsh and I’d say that “none of the autonomous companies are held to the same standard” but that’s not 100% true: we do have cities and states refusing to play ball or issue permits here.

      But that’s exactly right. my opinion was/is that there should be a probationary period for the first year of new autonomous technology — or major deviations from existing and proven technologies — too. And if it causes too many accidents or violations, then, it should be held to the same standard I am

  • razingeden  9 days ago

    It does. She just ran over a bus shelter, like she was vibe driving a Tesla on autopilot or something.