That's also an interesting perspective, it's not just about accidents caused by irresponsible behavior, but also about a difference in how people mentally engage the task of driving.
To me, these kinds of observations only solidify the idea that AI that is 'better than the average driver' does not necessarily mean 'less road fatalities', and that to improve driving safety, it would be more effective to start by taking the most common factors in accidents out of the equation first.
Yeah, in a nutshell, there is a huuuuge gap between two kinds of human drivers.
1) people who, like, you know, just drive, man, and like, as long as everyone else does the right thing, then like, i guess things will uh, like, work out dude
2) defensive drivers.
Obviously, self driving cars need to be more like #2 if they plan to actually be as safe as an average human, and have a shot at actually beating humans on this... I suspect Waymo gets this and Uber, well, is uh, ''moving fast and breaking things''
To me, these kinds of observations only solidify the idea that AI that is 'better than the average driver' does not necessarily mean 'less road fatalities', and that to improve driving safety, it would be more effective to start by taking the most common factors in accidents out of the equation first.