Driverless Cars Could Save Tens of Thousands of Lives. But We Must Treat Them Like Aviation — Not Like Cars

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By Marco ConnerJun 18, 2026, 12:23 am199 ptsTrendingTop
More than 40,000 people were killed on American roads in 2023 alone — a toll equivalent to a regional passenger-filled airplane crashing nearly every day for a year. Since the automobile was invented, more than four million people have died in traffic crashes in this country. These tragedies are not…

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