"At the macro level, 40,000 Americans die every year in road incidents, and that is only those who die. It excludes those who suffer life-altering injuries. None of those need to happen. And the vast mass majority of those are caused by driver error."
"Driving is an immense consumer of people's attention. They have to give, or they should give, their full attention to the road. In theory, yes. That's the goal. That's the ambition."
"The choices we make right now will determine whether that future is a driving utopia or a traffic nightmare."
Self-driving cars are being introduced in cities like Minneapolis, Phoenix, and San Francisco. They could reduce road incidents, which claim 40,000 American lives annually, primarily due to driver error. The transition to automated driving could enhance safety and free up human attention. However, the acceptance of self-driving technology raises questions about human control and societal implications. The future of driving may become a cultural battleground, with differing opinions on the role of human drivers versus automated systems.
Read at www.nytimes.com
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