# Professor Vasant Dhar discusses the potential impact of driverless vehicle technology

1 Faculty News September 20, 2016 ![Marketplace Logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/marketplace_logo.jpg?itok=IIav3Udj)>

Excerpt from [Marketplace](http://www.marketplace.org/2016/09/20/economy/regulators-release-guidance-driverless-technology) -- "[Dhar](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/vasant-dhar) said despite some recent crashes of semi-autonomous vehicles, driverless vehicles could end up being far safer than human drivers. 'There's a huge drag on the economy around accidents,' he said. 'There's 4 million injuries every year. Almost 40,000 people die.'"

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