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can and will continue to
occur; but once corrected,
that issue will not happen
again … unlike with human
drivers.
And, as we have seen in
our rush to autonomous
transportation, there will be
accidents and lives lost.
We're not certain what has
happened in other countries,
but we've had three in the
U.S. that have been widely
covered:
- A Florida man's car ran
into a truck and he was
killed.
- A self-driving Uber car
killed a pedestrian in
Arizona.
- A California man was killed
when his Tesla hit a highway
barrier.
Suddenly local, state and
national governments that
wanted to have auto and
tech firms rush autonomous
transportation in their cities,
states and countries are
pedaling just as fast to say,
let's hold off for awhile until
they're safe before we send
actions, Madhur Behl,
computer science assistant
professor at the University of
Virginia, said, "We need to
take our time to work through
the evolution of the self-driving
technology."
Yes, the loss of lives was
tragic but staying the course
is worse.
Major Improvement
– There is a reason
transportation safety officials
them out onto the streets,
highways and byways to
move goods and people
under their own control.
In the U.S., Michigan's
senator, Gary Peters, and
other bill sponsors said,
"Congress must quickly pass
legislation to ensure safe
testing and deployment."
Suggesting that the
technology's safety benefits
outweigh today's drivers'
around the globe are
encouraged with advances
that have been made
in autonomous cars and
trucks … they will reduce
accidents and save lives.
Today, the U.S. experiences
an estimated 40,000 traffic
deaths a year and nearly 1.3M
die in road crashes globally-
-an average of 3,287 deaths
per day, according to the
World Health Organization
(WHO).
