AVs' likely effect on vehicle miles traveled

The NTSB investigation of a Santa Monica school-zone crash raises questions about remote “assistance” that looks like a human driving task, while San Francisco records show robotaxis stalling and turning police and firefighters into unpaid roadside help. We dismantles media claims that AVs are clearly safer, arguing the cited studies rely on old, limited Waymo data, questionable benchmarks, and company-authored “peer review.” Fear mongering around driver monitoring, Tesla and railroads, recalls and more.

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