“Other wealthy countries have reduced their traffic deaths in the 15 years we’ve been increasing ours. On a per-mile basis, driving in the United States is twice as dangerous as in Canada and Australia. As a South Carolinian, I’m ten times more likely to die in a crash than my friends in the United Kingdom. Ten times.
These countries are not hiding a vast secret fleet of automated vehicles. I can’t yet hail a robotaxi in Toronto or Sydney or London. But I _can_ cross the street.”
A quote from Prof. Bryan Walker Smith's recent testimony on Automated Vehicles:
https://www.commerce.senate.gov/services/files/05C131FA-5011-406D-A9A1-C64BE8E81CE4
“Other wealthy countries have reduced their traffic deaths in the 15 years we’ve been increasing ours. On a per-mile basis, driving in the United States is twice as dangerous as in Canada and Australia. As a South Carolinian, I’m ten times more likely to die in a crash than my friends in the United Kingdom. Ten times.
These countries are not hiding a vast secret fleet of automated vehicles. I can’t yet hail a robotaxi in Toronto or Sydney or London. But I _can_ cross the street.”