{"id":750,"date":"2025-07-14T08:27:49","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T08:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.way.com\/ask\/?p=750"},"modified":"2025-08-27T07:56:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T07:56:59","slug":"are-self-driving-cars-safer-than-human-drivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.way.com\/ask\/are-self-driving-cars-safer-than-human-drivers\/","title":{"rendered":"Are self-driving cars safer than human drivers?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Self-driving cars might appear to have an edge over their human counterparts in most situations. They don&#8217;t feel sleepy, they don&#8217;t get drunk, nor do they have road rage episodes.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-752 size-full aligncenter\" style=\"font-weight: bold; color: currentcolor; font-size: 16px; text-align: center;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.way.com\/ask\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Are-Self-Driving-Cars-Safer-Than-Human-Drivers.jpg\" alt=\"Are Self-Driving Cars Safer Than Human Drivers\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Image:\u00a0<a class=\"mui-w0b8ym-a-inherit-linkContainer\" title=\"Brian Gallegos\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/g\/BrianGallegos\" data-automation=\"ContributorDetails\"><span class=\"MuiBox-root mui-16qd35q-centeredContent-avatarContainer\"><span class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-body1 mui-r4n38m-contributorLabel-linkAvatarLabel\">Brian Gallegos<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">That said, there are certain instances when a human might just have the edge over the machine. These include: <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Edge cases, i.e., extreme or very unlikely situations that people generally do not expect in the real world.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Bad weather can mess up the vehicle&#8217;s sensors, making them more likely to make mistakes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Chaotic inner-city traffic, like what you&#8217;ll likely find in NYC, Boston, etc. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Another issue that goes against self-driving cars is that safety regulations for automated vehicles are still kind a grey area, with regulators still also unsure of how to standardize laws across states.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Computers also lack those quintessential human traits &#8211; intuition and instinct. This can affect their response in certain situations. For example, a human driver can figure out from a pedestrian&#8217;s body language whether they might suddenly decide to dart out and cut across; an autonomous car may not.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Autonomous vehicles might also malfunction or get hacked (yes, that&#8217;s a real threat).\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Self-driving cars need a few more years and much more engineering expertise before being totally safer than human drivers.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Self-driving cars might appear to have an edge over their human counterparts in most situations. They don&#8217;t feel sleepy, they don&#8217;t get drunk, nor do they have road rage episodes. Image:\u00a0Brian Gallegos That said, there are certain instances when a human might just have the edge over the machine. These include: Edge cases, i.e., extreme&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.way.com\/ask\/are-self-driving-cars-safer-than-human-drivers\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Are self-driving cars safer than human drivers?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-car-repair-maintenance","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Are self-driving cars safer than human drivers?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"There are more and more driverless cars on the road each day. 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