Self-driving cars must reduce traffic fatalities by at least 75 percent to stay on the roads

The race is on for companies to present their driverless cars to the public, but recent collisions involving autonomous vehicles developed by Uber Technologies Inc. and Tesla Inc. have led consumers to questions whether these vehicles can alleviate traffic issues and increase safety. A new study published in Risk Analysis examined the question ‘How safe is safe enough for self-driving vehicles (SDVs)?’