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Self-driving cars could only prevent a third of US crashes — study
'Not all human mistakes can be eliminated by camera, radar and other sensor-based technology'
11 June 2020 - 05:00
It’s long been touted that self-driving cars could eliminate the majority of road deaths, but a new US study says they could likely only prevent a third of all road crashes.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), a research group financed by US insurers, found the remaining crashes were caused by mistakes that self-driving systems are not equipped to handle any better than human drivers...
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