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> Would you sign up for such a system if you can volunteer to participate in it, with now those random killings being restricted to those who've signed up for i

> Would you sign up for such a system if you can volunteer to participate in it, with now those random killings being restricted to those who've signed up for it, including you? I mean, we already have. You volunteer to participate in a system where ~40k people die in the US every year by engaging in travel on public roadways. If self-driving reduces that to 10k, that's a win. You're not really making any sense.

necovek 3y ago
But none of that is random. Eg. NYC (population estimate 8.3M) had 273 fatalities in 2021 (easy to find full year numbers for): https://www.triallaw1.com/data-shows-2021-was-the-deadliest-year-of-car-crashes-in-nyc-since-2013/ https://www.triallaw1.com/data-shows-2021-was-the-deadliest-... USA (population estimate 335M) had 42,915 (estimated) according to https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/early-estimate-2021-traffic-fatalities https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/early-estimate-2021-tra... USA-wide rate is 1 in 7,800 people dying in traffic accidents yearly, whereas NYC has a rate of 1 in 30,000. I am sure it's even lower for subway riders vs drivers. Even drivers, somebody doing 4k miles a year has different chances than somebody doing 40k. People usually adapt their driving style after having kids which also reduces the chances of them being in a collision. Basically, your life choices and circumstances influence your chances of dying in a traffic accident. At the extreme, you can go live on a mountaintop, produce your own food and not have to get in contact with a vehicle at all (and some cultures even do). FWIW, I responded to a rethorical question about killings being random: they are not random today, even if there is a random element to them! If you want to sign up to a completely random and expected chance of death that you can't influence at all, good luck! I don't.

necovek 3y ago

But none of that is random. Eg. NYC (population estimate 8.3M) had 273 fatalities in 2021 (easy to find full year numbers for): https://www.triallaw1.com/data-shows-2021-was-the-deadliest-year-of-car-crashes-in-nyc-since-2013/ https://www.triallaw1.com/data-shows-2021-was-the-deadliest-... USA (population estimate 335M) had 42,915 (estimated) according to https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/early-estimate-2021-traffic-fatalities https://www.nhtsa.gov/press-releases/early-estimate-2021-tra... USA-wide rate is 1 in 7,800 people dying in traffic accidents yearly, whereas NYC has a rate of 1 in 30,000. I am sure it's even lower for subway riders vs drivers. Even drivers, somebody doing 4k miles a year has different chances than somebody doing 40k. People usually adapt their driving style after having kids which also reduces the chances of them being in a collision. Basically, your life choices and circumstances influence your chances of dying in a traffic accident. At the extreme, you can go live on a mountaintop, produce your own food and not have to get in contact with a vehicle at all (and some cultures even do). FWIW, I responded to a rethorical question about killings being random: they are not random today, even if there is a random element to them! If you want to sign up to a completely random and expected chance of death that you can't influence at all, good luck! I don't.