A self-driving Tesla was blamed for causing a pileup in San Fransisco Driverless cars were found to be more dangerous than humans in some of the most common driving conditions, a new study has revealed. Autonomous vehicles were deemed safer than humans – except at dusk, dawn or when the car is turning, researchers at the University of Central Florida found. Generally, driverless cars are involved in fewer accidents than their human-driven counterparts.
To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Up Next Saber Fallah, professor of safe AI and autonomy, told Metro.co.uk: ‘Each of these levels have different risks. When the Department for Transport says they will be on the road in the next two years, which level of self-driving are they talking about? ‘Level 5 is still a dream to be driven with humans on the road, especially in the UK and Europe.