<story><title>Waymo’s autonomous vehicles are driving 25,000 miles every day</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/20/waymos-autonomous-vehicles-are-driving-25000-miles-every-day/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>dzdt</author><text>Human drivers average about 1 fatality per 100 million vehicle miles traveled.  [1]  So we are still a long ways from being able to access safety in comparison to humans.
[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov&amp;#x2F;Api&amp;#x2F;Public&amp;#x2F;ViewPublication&amp;#x2F;812451&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov&amp;#x2F;Api&amp;#x2F;Public&amp;#x2F;ViewPublication&amp;#x2F;...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>hcnews</author><text>Number of fatalities per million miles driven is only one of the metrics. Hours spent per lifetime driving is arguably a more important metric. I can&amp;#x27;t wait for everything (cities, highways etc.) to be redesigned for self-driving cars but looks like its not going happen in my life time :(</text></comment>
<story><title>Waymo’s autonomous vehicles are driving 25,000 miles every day</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/20/waymos-autonomous-vehicles-are-driving-25000-miles-every-day/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>dzdt</author><text>Human drivers average about 1 fatality per 100 million vehicle miles traveled.  [1]  So we are still a long ways from being able to access safety in comparison to humans.
[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov&amp;#x2F;Api&amp;#x2F;Public&amp;#x2F;ViewPublication&amp;#x2F;812451&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov&amp;#x2F;Api&amp;#x2F;Public&amp;#x2F;ViewPublication&amp;#x2F;...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>bmcusick</author><text>There&amp;#x27;s more to safety statistics than just the mortality rate. We should be able to look at frequency and severity of non-fatal accidents too. Those happen a lot more often.&lt;p&gt;For example, accidents that occur at 35 MPH or less are much less likely to result in a fatality or major injury, due to the amount of kinetic energy that a human body can safely dissipate. So if Google cars have even slightly better braking or speed control, you&amp;#x27;re going to see an improvement. Looking at the average speed at which accidents occur would be useful information.</text></comment>