{"id":20608,"date":"2025-12-03T16:17:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T16:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=20608"},"modified":"2025-12-03T16:17:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T16:17:16","slug":"self-driving-cars-will-make-the-world-safer-for-cats-and-humans-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=20608","title":{"rendered":"Self-Driving Cars Will Make the World Safer for Cats\u2014and Humans Too"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“cars kill or injure 5.4 million cats a year<\/a> in the United States, with 5,399,999 coming at the hands of human drivers. I found estimates of hundreds of cats killed by drivers each year in San Francisco. I’d guess that buses and trains\u2014some of Waymo critics’ preferred transportation option\u2014have probably squashed their share of critters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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 “[H]uman drivers killed 43 people in San Francisco last year, including 24 pedestrians, 16 people in cars and three bicyclists. None were killed by Waymos.” Many women and schoolchildren rely on them because of safety concerns, as a Google search of “taxi drivers and sexual abuse<\/a>” will reveal.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A study by Swiss Re, an insurance company with the obvious financial incentive to understand the relative benefits and risks, found the following, per Reinsurance News<\/a><\/em>: “The Waymo Driver exhibited significantly better safety performance, with an 88% reduction in property damage claims and a 92% reduction in bodily injury claims compared to human-driven vehicles.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Waymo’s data find 11 times fewer serious-injury crashes. Most crashes involving a Waymo were due to other vehicles hitting their taxis. That makes perfect sense given their Artificial Intelligence (AI) software is continuously learning<\/a>, whereas as it’s increasingly difficult to teach some human drivers not to get behind the wheel after downing some martinis.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/reason.com\/2025\/11\/28\/self-driving-cars-will-make-the-world-safer-for-humans-and-cats<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“cars kill or injure 5.4 million cats a year in the United States, with 5,399,999 coming at the hands of human drivers. I found estimates of hundreds of cats killed by drivers each year in San Francisco. I’d guess that buses and trains\u2014some of Waymo critics’ preferred transportation option\u2014have probably squashed their share of critters.<\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

“[H]uman drivers killed 43 people in San Francisco last year, including 24 pedestrians, 16 people in cars and three bicyclists. None were killed by Waymos.” Many women and schoolchildren rely on them because of safety concerns, as a Google search of “taxi drivers and sexual abuse” will reveal. <\/p>\n

…<\/p>\n

A study by Swiss Re, an insurance company with the obvious financial incentive to understand the relative benefits and risks, found the following, per Reinsurance News: “The Waymo Driver exhibited significantly better safety performance, with an 88% reduction in property damage claims and a 92% reduction in bodily injury claims compared to human-driven vehicles.”<\/p>\n

Waymo’s data find 11 times fewer serious-injury crashes. Most crashes involving a Waymo were due to other vehicles hitting their taxis. That makes perfect sense given their Artificial Intelligence (AI) software is continuously learning, whereas as it’s increasingly difficult to teach some human drivers not to get behind the wheel after downing some martinis.”<\/p>\n

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