David Friedberg

What's the origin of this?

What's the origin of this?

Because their job, the job of that individual sitting in that role, whether it's a local, state, or federal government agency,

Because their job, the job of that individual sitting in that role, whether it's a local, state, or federal government agency,

is to increase safety.

is to increase safety.

Their job is not to think about the second and third order effects on the economy, on the affordability, on the ability to move quickly, on all the other factors that the individual citizen and the businesses in the community then have to deal with.

Their job is not to think about the second and third order effects on the economy, on the affordability, on the ability to move quickly, on all the other factors that the individual citizen and the businesses in the community then have to deal with.

That's never what they're tasked with.

That's never what they're tasked with.

They have a very kind of simple uniform statement, which is, hey, make things safe.

They have a very kind of simple uniform statement, which is, hey, make things safe.

You're the regulatory body that oversees safety and oversees that we're not going to have a fire.

You're the regulatory body that oversees safety and oversees that we're not going to have a fire.

This is sort of like, you know, I don't know if you followed this autonomous vehicle stuff in California.

This is sort of like, you know, I don't know if you followed this autonomous vehicle stuff in California.

But, you know, for every million miles, autonomous vehicles reduce fatalities by like 95%.

But, you know, for every million miles, autonomous vehicles reduce fatalities by like 95%.

But if there's one autonomous vehicle that crashes once, everyone shuts that entire program down and says, wait a second, we've got robots killing people.

But if there's one autonomous vehicle that crashes once, everyone shuts that entire program down and says, wait a second, we've got robots killing people.