the fact that early-stage automated vehicles that still occasionally require remote operation assistance are like several orders of magnitude safer than the average American driver should be the real wakeup call here, not the idea that these vehicles still sometimes need remote operation assistance
Feb 6, 2026 17:34What makes you think these vehicles are safer than drivers?
There's no reliable data on which you can make that call.
It's just a vibe. Vibe's not data.
The problem is car dependency, car-centric urban design, and the motonormativity fostered by those. Self-driving cars will not solve this and will actually entrench us in Car World and make it even harder to get to the solutions: better public transit and safe streets infrastructure.
