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The data coming out from an independent study of Waymo autonomous vehicles is, frankly, amazing. Swiss Re, one of the largest global insurance firms based out of Zürich, reports that 25.3 million fully autonomous miles drive by Waymo vehicles resulted in a 92% reduction in car crash injuries.

In plain English, Waymo self-driving tech is 12.5x safer than human drivers.

Let's dig into what that means!

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[–] filister@lemmy.world 14 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (3 children)

While I don't disagree that autonomous cars are safer, I think they are comparing the Waymo city miles against mixed mileage and when you are driving at reduced speed the chance to have an accident lowers significantly.

But yes, people get distracted all the time, can be angry, tired, etc. that will negatively affect their driving.

[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 5 points 19 hours ago

Yep - of course they're safer when they take at least 2-3x longer to get anywhere.

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