https://medium.com/@parismarx/are-self-driving-cars-really-safer-than-human-drivers-56a72bde2f41 > For several years, the CEOs of major tech companies have been repeating the line that self-driving cars are safer than vehicles driven by humans, and that if we could just transition our transportation system to one where autonomous vehicles are dominant, we would save millions of lives. Even the heads of major auto companies have started echoing these sentiments. Sounds like the obvious thing to do then, right? > The problem is that tech leaders — not coincidentally running the very companies best positioned to make huge profits if self-driving vehicles take over our roads — expect people to accept these claims without question, even though they don’t have the proper data to back them up. Autonomous vehicles are at too early a stage for us to have the necessary information to make a solid determination on their safety, but there are very clear signs that we should be proceeding with caution.