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Richard Blumenthal: “94 percent of the 37,000 deaths on the road each year are attributable to human error.”

On the recordDecember 11, 2017
94 percent of the 37,000 deaths on the road each year are attributable to human error.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Blumenthal cites statistics on road safety to highlight the potential of autonomous vehicles.

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