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::According to Randall, a fatality rate of zero could only be achieved if self-driving cars worked well and if all cars on the road were self-driving cars.  Assuming both conditions true, as they might be some day (or conversely might never be true), then it should be possible to minimize crashes to the point where fatalities would be statistically zero though certainly not absolutely zero, as malfunctions could happen. [[User:N0lqu|-boB]] ([[User talk:N0lqu|talk]]) 21:29, 15 May 2018 (UTC)
 
::According to Randall, a fatality rate of zero could only be achieved if self-driving cars worked well and if all cars on the road were self-driving cars.  Assuming both conditions true, as they might be some day (or conversely might never be true), then it should be possible to minimize crashes to the point where fatalities would be statistically zero though certainly not absolutely zero, as malfunctions could happen. [[User:N0lqu|-boB]] ([[User talk:N0lqu|talk]]) 21:29, 15 May 2018 (UTC)
 
::Obviously, you reach a fatality rate of zero when there is no human on the road or around. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 01:10, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
 
::Obviously, you reach a fatality rate of zero when there is no human on the road or around. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 01:10, 16 May 2018 (UTC)
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::Anything can be done by technology. :)  Sweden had a lot of fatal train crashes, but after having introduced Automatic train control during the 80's, they completely vanished.  (Three people have died on board Swedish trains since 1991, of which two were train employees.  The accidents were due to non-rail vehicles being on or next to the track.)  [[Special:Contributions/162.158.134.10|162.158.134.10]] 10:38, 18 May 2018 (UTC)
 
  
 
"Fixating on this seems unhealty. But in general, the more likely I think a crash is, the less likely one becomes, which is a strange kind of reverse placebo effect."  It will not be a reverse effect if "It feels weird to look at car crash statistics and wonder whether we'll all be able to stop driving before I'm involved in a fatal crash." is being done while driving.  Gene Wirchenko [email protected] [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.220|108.162.216.220]] 04:37, 15 May 2018 (UTC)
 
"Fixating on this seems unhealty. But in general, the more likely I think a crash is, the less likely one becomes, which is a strange kind of reverse placebo effect."  It will not be a reverse effect if "It feels weird to look at car crash statistics and wonder whether we'll all be able to stop driving before I'm involved in a fatal crash." is being done while driving.  Gene Wirchenko [email protected] [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.220|108.162.216.220]] 04:37, 15 May 2018 (UTC)

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