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"Google has driven almost a million km without an accident."

Current rates in the United States, for normal, run-of-the-mill automobiles, is about 1 fatality per 100,000,000 vehicle/miles[1] and 1 "crash" per 500,000 vehicle/miles[2].

1. http://www-fars.nhtsa.dot.gov/Main/index.aspx

2. http://www.caranddriver.com/features/safety-in-numbers-chart...



That would be 160,934,400 vehicle/kilometers and 804,672 vehicle/kilometers respectfully.

'Cause comparing 1m kilometers to 100m miles is a silly thing to do when you can actually compare the same unit of measurement.


What, you can't do that conversion in your head? :)




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