Study: Self-Driving Vehicles Could Eliminate 90% Of Car Accidents In United States

Consumerist ^ | march 5, 2015

[SMGFan]

Although we’re likely a decade or two away from every person on the block owning a driverless car, when the time comes we could be saving billions of dollars and spending far less time dealing with auto accidents.

The Wall Street Journal reports that a new study found that widespread use of self-driving cars could eliminate 90% of all auto accidents in the U.S. and decrease the costs related to accident damage and health issues by around $190 billion each year.

[central_va]

I driverless car is never going to happen. A driveless car cannot even tell if a train is coming or a child playing. It is ridiculous thought. Freepers read to much SciFi.

Autopilots and guided missle fly in a vast ocean of air with very few objects to collide with. A diverless car couldn't even find a parking space let alone park in a congested parking log. TOO MANY VARIABLES.