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"100's of pedestrians"? 2017 was a record high for pedestrian fatalities, at ~6,000:

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/28/589453431...

The urban fatality rate of all fatalities is 1 per 100 million miles traveled: https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/...

As of September 2017, all of Uber's autonomous cars have driven a total of 1 million miles over a period of 2.5 years: https://www.axios.com/ubers-autonomous-cars-have-driven-1-mi...

There's an argument to be made that autonomous vehicles are better for society and safety. But it sure isn't statistical.



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