[ExI] US traffic deaths dropped to new low

[Eugen Leitl]

On Tue, Apr 05, 2011 at 10:38:15PM -0600, Kelly Anderson wrote:
> I think the end game for reducing vehicle fatalities (esp the 21,000
> solo idiots) is fully autonomous vehicles. It will take a decade or so
> to get the technology common enough to save many lives, but I have
> hope that eventually, this number will go way down. My prediction is
> that we'll see some form of highway autonomy in the 2014 model year.

It will happen the year an insurance will find the risk acceptable
to offer affordable insurance. Vendor liability is an issue even
now, consider the potential for litigation for autonomous vehicles.
Ugh.

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