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First-of-its-kind study finds autonomous vehicles are safer than human drivers

by zxt_tzx on 12/8/23, 9:19 AM with 6 comments

• by zxt_tzx on 12/8/23, 9:19 AM

  > The results of the research are exciting both for the insurance industry and the safety community alike: in over 3.8 million miles driven without a human being behind the steering wheel in rider-only mode, the Waymo Driver (Waymo’s fully autonomous driving technology) incurred zero bodily injury claims in comparison with the human driver baseline of 1.11 claims per million miles. The Waymo Driver also significantly reduced property damage claims to 0.78 claims per million miles in comparison with the human driver baseline of 3.26 claims per million miles.

  > Similarly, in a more statistically robust dataset of over 35 million miles during autonomous testing operations, the Waymo Driver, together with a human autonomous specialist behind the steering wheel monitoring the automation, also significantly reduced both bodily injury and property damage claims per million miles compared to the human driver baselines.

  Link to the full research paper: https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2309/2309.01206.pdf

• by ssss11 on 12/8/23, 11:57 AM

  Sponsored by the autonomous car industry?

  But anyway, I have a feeling that in the long run they probably will be. In the meantime they share the road with human drivers and the real benefits won’t be seen until its just autonomous vehicles all carrying out the same rules.