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U.S. to decide soon on GM's request to deploy cars without steering wheels (www.autoblog.com)
submitted 3 years ago by [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world
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U.S. to decide soon on GM's request to deploy cars without steering wheels::U.S. regulators will soon decide on a petition filed by General Motors' Cruise self-driving technology unit seeking permission to deploy up to 2,500 self-driving vehicles annually without human controls, a top auto safety official said on Wednesday.

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[–] 65 points 3 years ago (2 children)

No, no, no, no. This is right up there with my state wanting to let 18-year-olds carry concealed deadly weapons in classrooms with no permit. A deal breaker for my continued participation in this society.

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  • [–] 48 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I recently learned that the state where I’m from considers a baton a deadly weapon so it can’t be purchased as a means of defense, but an Ak-47 is perfectly fine to purchase AND open carry.

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  • [–] 12 points 3 years ago

    Great gods. I guess the AK is considered a hunting rifle or a paperweight?

    I'm tempted to ask if you're from the South, since this is exactly the garbage that too much of the region would champion. But honestly, the upper Midwest seems just as bad when it comes to "Muh guns!"

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    To be fair I'd have a hard time concealing my ak47. It doesn't get fired much, ammo is expensive. Most of my ammo is for shotties and the .22 for putting down nuisance and injured animals.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Yeah self driving cars are totally the same thing as giving a teenager a gun in a school.

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  • [–] -3 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Given their track record, yes.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    What a disgusting point of view.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Their track record is literally better than the track record of the average human driver. The data doesn't back up what you're saying at all

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Source?

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  • [–] -1 points 3 years ago

    Not sure why you feel the need to insert an unsupported bitchy answer. This isn’t Reddit. No one cares about your karma.

    That said, I've also read that accidents per thousand operating is higher for autonomous vehicles compared to the average human. I'm not going to look it up for you but if you really want to know then Google it.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago

    https://storage.googleapis.com/waymo-uploads/files/documents/safety/Safety%20Performance%20of%20Waymo%20RO%20at%201M%20miles.pdf

    This is waymo, not cruise, but it's a comparison between 1 million miles with no humans behind the wheel and the human average. That's about 80 years worth of human driving, and while that's not long enough to provide meaningful data on reducing fatalities, they do show that self driving cars reduce both the frequency and severity of more minor accidents

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