40,000 US road deaths a year: the case for ending human driving ASAP
brezina · x · 2026-09-18
Citing that 2-3M Americans are injured and 40k die in car crashes yearly — the leading cause of death for children aged 3-13 — plus opioid addiction affecting 1-2% of crash victims, the author argues the transition away from human-operated cars on public roads can't come fast enough.
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