Autonomous cars are gaining a thunderous importance in the automotive world. They are increasingly investing in the marks related studies and are now several roads that run through, even if in test mode.
But there is one fundamental issue: security. Does this autonomous driving is safer than human? The low numbers of registered accidents, can be misleading.
It is true that the number of accidents involving autonomous driving cars is very small but that fact should perhaps not be seen carefree way.
In a preliminary study of the Transport Institute at the University of Michigan were recorded accidents with autonomous vehicles Google, Delphi and Audi licensed to circulate on the roads. These values were compared, through adjusted statistics, accidents involving ordinary vehicles.
Through this comparison, the Office may conclude that, on average, a thousand miles driven, accidents with autonomous cars were proportionally more than conventionally driven cars.
It must be borne in mind that the sample number on autonomous cars is still very low compared to ordinary cars, and thus, you can not even move a concrete conclusion, a fact for which the researchers warn.
Moreover, most accidents involving autonomous cars have been caused, or had involved cars driven by people, especially when these autonomous cars were circulating at very low speed the same stop (about 73% of accidents) .
It is common sense that the vehicles they drive more slowly also pose a danger on the road. But also as a result, the damage caused by accidents involving these autonomous cars had a lower grade than in other cases have not yet registered any fatal damage to people and the injuries were not serious.
A stage where the number of autonomous cars on the roads is very low, it is too early to conclude whether this is a more or less dangerous driving.
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