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COMMENT: How safe must autonomous vehicles be, and how do we get there?

BY BEN PETERS. Autonomous vehicles may only be twice as safe as human drivers, but with those cars on the roads, the reduction in road traffic fatalities would be significant

More than 1.2 million people die each year on the world’s roads. For every death there are at least 20 others who sustain non-fatal injuries. It is estimated that 94% of accidents are the result of driver error.

A number of companies are working on technology to replace the human driver and provide fully autonomous, safe control of vehicles. A primary

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