A Boston Consulting Group found that advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) features and sensor technologies could save 9,900 lives every year in the United States, if deployed today.
These features serve as the foundation of autonomous vehicles (AVs), or self-driving cars.
The ADAS and crash-avoidance technologies present a tremendous opportunity to further reduce drunk driving rates and prevent collisions that are caused by human error since AVs, unlike human drivers, are incapable of driving while under the influence or distracted – and, furthermore, can be programmed to adhere more strictly to speed limits and traffic laws.
Read the article at Forbes.