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> Self driving will always be dangerous unless overall traffic infrastructure is updated.

I don't see how people can propose this kind of thing with a straight face, when we live in a world where we can't even afford to replace the paint on the road when it gets worn away.

Yeah, sure, governments everywhere will be lining up to pay billions of dollars for putting up and maintaining new infrastructure to provide us with some low ROI shiny toys. And I have a bridge on a blockchain to sell you.



Also, this kind of investment could be far better invested in making cities and (especially the US) far less dependant on cars in general.


We would need to re-think resource allocation. Fewer deaths means smaller healthcare expenditure. Disability claims. Improved road infrastructure doesn't need to be that expensive.


> Fewer deaths means smaller healthcare expenditure

Well, actually more deaths would mean smaller healthcare expenditure. The dead can't get sick anymore.




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