Via NJTV News

They’re coming — self-driving cars that will rely less on human control and more on autopilot.

So, this week, the federal transportation department issued a safety checklist for automakers to follow. Steve Carrellas is with the National Motorists Association.

“I think it’s a real good start,” Carrellas said.

The government made the reason for its checklist unmistakably clear: safety.

Last year, 35,000 people died on the roadways, 94 percent of the crashes because of human choice or error. The government says, “An important promise of HAVs [Highly Automated Vehicles] is to address and mitigate that overwhelming majority of crashes.”

Is the government saying in this scenario that we think robots, computers, automation can do a better job of driving than humans?

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