• reddig33@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    “The researchers compared Waymo’s nationwide crash data with New York City’s for-hire fleet and found the robotaxis had a serious injury or fatal crash rate about 1.5 times higher per mile driven.”

    • dogslayeggs@lemmy.world
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      3 hours ago

      Yes, thank you for quoting exactly what I said??

      You are quoting the serious or fatal injury stats. The overall injury accident rate, though, as quoted from the article: “When all injury-causing crashes were considered, Waymo performed better. Its robotaxis were involved in 67% fewer injury crashes per million miles than New York City’s for-hire vehicles.”

      • BassetHound@sh.itjust.works
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        1 hour ago

        Fatalities and serious injuries sound like a far more important statistic to optimize for in terms of public safety.