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Collision course: cars are killing more people – and driverless cars won't solve the problem

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Collision course: cars are killing more people – and driverless cars won't solve the problem
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The long read: For drivers, roads are safer than ever – but for people on foot, they are getting deadlier. Car companies and Silicon Valley claim that they have the solution. But is that too good to be true?

In 2010, the small community of specialists who pay attention to US road safety statistics picked up the first signs of a troubling trend: more and more pedestrians were being killed on American roads.

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