"It's a mistake to draw conclusions about self-driving vehicles from the recent crashes, said Bryant Walker Smith, who is both a law and engineering professor at the University of South Carolina.
"I am not surprised that autonomous vehicles were hit," Smith said. "Any vehicle out on the road long enough will be in a crash.""
""These were not catastrophic, high-profile crashes that would be of particular alarm, for example when that vehicle does something that human would not do such as speeding up and not stopping," Smith said."
""That's a staggering number," Smith said. "People will accept an unacceptable status quo and be concerned about the things that are new.""
- Date Published:05/12/2015
- Original Publication:Los Angeles Times