For me, the question is not whether self-driving vehicles are perfect
(every system has a failure rate), it's whether they're an improvement.
<http://reneweconomy.com.au/2016/robot-cars-fear-gap-50008>
There’s a historical precedent to this. An article from a 1984 edition
of the New York Times outline efforts to encourage seatbelt use, and
the dramatic reasons people refuse to use them:
“Researchers say that misperceptions about the uses of seat belts, in
addition to the discomfort of wearing them, contribute to drivers’
reluctance to buckle up. There is a persistent myth, for example, that
it is safer to be thrown free of the car than to be restrained by a
belt. In fact, the chances of being killed in a crash increase 25
times if an occupant flies from the vehicle. Others fear being trapped
by a belt if the car catches fire or falls into water”
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David Boxall | For when the One Great Scorer comes
| To mark against your name,
http://david.boxall.id.au | He writes-not that you won or lost-
| But how you played the game.
--Grantland Rice
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