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Self-driving cars have caused fatal accidents.

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INSUFFICIENT LEANING
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3 sources for · 0 against

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Is it true that Self-driving cars have caused fatal accidents?

Unclear. One source notes self-driving cars will still have some accidents, even fatal ones, and another references a single fatality associated with a self-driving car. These partially support that self-driving cars have caused fatal accidents, but no source documents the crashes in detail.

Verdict: PARTIAL LEAN · 3 sources for, 0 against · Last checked

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Evidence for · 3
Moral Dilemmas Involving Self-Driving Cars
2024
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Paulo, N. & Kirchmair, L. (2024). Moral Dilemmas Involving Self-Driving Cars. play.google.com. https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=V3E2EQAAQBAJ&source=gbs_api

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Replication material for paper "Wicki (2021): How do familiarity and fatal accidents affect acceptance of self-driving vehicles? Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour. DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2021.11.004"
2026
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Michael, W. (2026). Replication material for paper "Wicki (2021): How do familiarity and fatal accidents affect acceptance of self-driving vehicles? Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour. DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2021.11.004". zenodo.org. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18231254

Is the self-driving car technology of 2017 less lethal than human drivers?
2017
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Is the self-driving car technology of 2017 less lethal than human drivers?. (2017). skeptics.stackexchange.com. https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/37763/is-the-self-driving-car-technology-of-2017-less-lethal-than-human-drivers

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