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Injured person reportedly dies after Cruise cars block first responders (www.sfgate.com)

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

the safer the cars, the lower their insurance premiums will be.

Globally insurance against car accidents is approaching half a trillion dollars per year

That... almost makes it sound like the main opposition to autonomous cars, would be insurance companies: can't earn more by raising the premiums, if there are no accidents and a competing insurance company can offer a much cheaper insurance.