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STUDY:

AUTONOMOUS

VEHICLES WON’T

MAKE ROADS

COMPLETELY SAFE

A new study says that while autonomous vehicle

technology has great promise to reduce crashes,

it may not be able to prevent all mishaps caused

by human error.

Auto safety experts say humans cause about

94% of U.S. crashes, but the Insurance Institute

for Highway Safety study says computer-

controlled robocars will only stop about one-

third of them.

The group says that while autonomous vehicles

eventually will identify hazards and react faster

than humans, and they won’t become distracted

or drive drunk, stopping the rest of the crashes

will be a lot harder.

“We’re still going to see some issues even if

autonomous vehicles might react more quickly

than humans do. They’re not going to always

be able to react instantaneously,” said Jessica

Cicchino, and institute vice president of research

and co-author of the study.

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