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Waymos crash less than human drivers

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floxy ◴[] No.43487522[source]
OT, but does anyone know what the shape of the curve for the number of automobile crashes per human driver? Is it uniform distribution, where everyone is more or less likely to get into, say, 1.2 fender-benders per lifetime? Or there is a cluster of people who are much more likely to be involved in crashes? I suppose automobile insurance companies would have this type of information.
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1. jeffbee ◴[] No.43487702[source]
It is very much the latter. It is like the statistics of average alcohol consumption: half the people consume none, and that one guy drinks non-stop. In fact, the drinking guy and the crashing guy might be the same guy.