Autonomous vehicle companies aim to build 'world's safest driver' amid rise in traffic deaths

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Amid rise in traffic deaths, autonomous vehicle companies believe saving lives on the streets may come from taking the driver out of the equation.

on city streets Thursday morning. It's behind the record pace from a year ago, where there were 40 victims this time in 2022. But, leaders are looking for solutions.

Mountain View's 2023 technology showcase displayed possible solutions for tomorrow based on advances in fields such as artificial intelligence, medical technology and autonomous vehicles. Companies like Waymo, Kodiak and Aurora were featured in the showcase as they are all working to save lives on streets, roads and highways across the world."Our founders, that was the problem they were looking to solve: how do we make these roadways safer," Aurora senior manager of govt. relations Sydnee Journel said.A video provided to ABC7 News shows one of their driverless trucks detecting and avoiding a pedestrian crossing the road hundreds of meters away.

Though driverless vehicles are somewhat controversial, they don't speed, run red lights, or consume alcohol - those are three factors San Jose police say appear to be involved in a fatal crash Thursday morning.Here's how San Jose plans to use artificial intelligence to stop pedestrian traffic deaths

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