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Considering the number of accidents after major storms I think your overstating the case. People are bad drivers in all conditions.

The problem with driving is you have to consistently do it well. You can make zero mistakes 99.99% of the time and be a terrible driver. One accident per 10,000 minutes would be ~one accident every year. Worse, a lot can happen every minute, so it's closer to not messing up for 600,000+ seconds.

The only reason people can drive is we build in very wide tolerances. ex: Car lanes are far wider than strictly necessary, you can fit ~2 cars in the average lane. Traffic lights have a significant delay where they are all red etc.




I think it's more accurate to say that people are unreliable drivers. Humans are certainly capable of driving very very well, but they perform unreliably.


> The only reason people can drive is we build in very wide tolerances.

And other drivers react to minimize the problem created by another driver.




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