Experts Grapple With Task Of Making Cars That Won't Crash Safe

Self-driving vehicles may not cause accidents, but they will surely be involved in them.

Experts believe vehicles that can route themselves, sense their environment and communicate with infrastructure and other cars and trucks will dramatically reduce accidents and an estimated 40,000 annual traffic deaths.

But the U.S. Department of Transportation will require the same level of occupant crash protection from autonomous vehicles as it does from their conventional counterparts.

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PUGPROUD - 1/29/2019 9:54:40 AM

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While there maybe fewer safer cars in our future, the cost per car with a full complement of safety systems, autonomous driving technology and highly bespoke interiors will go up significantly driving middle and lower income families toward car sharing services. Owning your own vehicle will become a luxury convenience for the rich. In today's terms think commercial airline, leased private jets and private jet ownership as the model for future cars.