We’re spending less time in near-collision states

*I'm taking almost nothing in this article at face value, but it's an interesting set of ideological maneuvers if you're a robot fan.

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/520746/data-shows-googles-robot-cars-are-smoother-safer-drivers-than-you-or-i/

*My guess would be that Google cars are plenty safe until they hit some glitch that's not in the Big Database. Then they crash in that spectacular, all-encompassing way that other networked devices tend to crash.