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This accident reduction is driven not by the auto-driving part of the package, but the emergency response part. The autonomous breaking and evasive steering that occurs when an accident is imminent is what is preventing accidents.



Also, airbag activation isn't a perfect proxy for accident rate. Passenger safety is only a subset of vehicle safety.




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