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Waymo's driverless cars are apparently an insurance company's dream - A study showed an 88 percent reduction in property damage claims compared to human drivers. (www.engadget.com)

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[–] candyman337 -2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (7 children)

I highly doubt that

Edit: I was tired and I misworded what I meant.

MAYBE less wrecks are reported but we've seen reports out of major metropolitan areas about how these things are absolute menaces, honking at all hours of the night to try to park themselves, causing wrecks, just stopping in the middle of the road etc.

Less property damage isn't the whole story here, these things suck.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

And what do you base that on?

[–] candyman337 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

https://lemmy.world/comment/14080710 this comment expresses well why I am skeptical. Additionally as I said in my edit, property damage isn't the full story with these. They stop in the middle of roads causing traffic jams, and they have kept up people parking in a parking lot honking at all hours of the night. They're disruptive.

[–] threelonmusketeers 0 points 2 weeks ago

they have kept up people parking in a parking lot honking at all hours of the night. They're disruptive

Most disruptive technologies have some early teething problems. This seems like a minor issue compared to the increased safety.

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