[ctdonath2]

"I agree and am horrified that absolute outrage is not the prominent reaction at the entire concept of self driving cars, especially given this example."

I agree and am horrified that absolute outrage is not the prominent reaction at the entire concept of self driving cars, especially given some 50,000 dead annually.

[bramps]

Exactly. We should just eliminate procreation and eventually there be 0 dead annually. Brilliant.

[DiogenesLamp]

I agree and am horrified that absolute outrage is not the prominent reaction at the entire concept of self driving cars, especially given some 50,000 dead annually.

There are 254 million registered cars in the US. Assuming those cars drive umpteen billion miles per year, what is their ratio of miles driven per accident to the self driving cars miles driven per accident?

According to this webpage, it appears that vehicles striking Pedestrians account for about 548 deaths per year.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_vehicle_fatality_rate_in_U.S._by_year

I'm not certain, but I'll bet self driving cars have more accidents per mile driven than do the rest of all the cars in the US.