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Gary Peters: “95% of all of the accidents on the road are human error.”

Featuring: Gary Peters, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Michigan

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EDITORIAL INTERVIEW with Gary Peters, US Senator (D-Mich.) | POLITICO

Published | Video Starts at 09:59

And the idea is to have this technology to save lives. And before I address some of the question that's what attracts me to self driving cars is the fact that we know that 95% of all of the accidents on the road are human error. And that with these technologies have the not only the possibility or actually demonstrating the fact you can eliminate those accidents with these technologies. (09:59–10:04)

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Asserts that human error accounts for 95% of road accidents.

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