New research on traffic incidents in the US published in the American Journal of Epidemiology showed that the availability of Uber’s on-demand cab service had no association with the number of subsequent traffic fatalities – contrary to what Uber-funded non-profit group Mothers Against Drunk Driving would have you believe. That’s a sad reality we all have to live with at present. But forward-thinking car companies like Tesla want us to believe that there’s hope: Once they arrive, autonomous vehicles will be able to whisk us to and from our destination without the need for us to even touch the steering…
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