Actually, the statement was:
"Ninety-four percent of crashes can be tied back to a human choice or error. Ninety-four percent!" Rosekind says. "Those are the decisions like drinking and driving, speeding or distraction behind the wheel."
So its not really human error so much as it is human choice. This is a preamble for self-driving, autonomous cars all in the name of public safety. Soon your time on the road will be governed on what you drive (Germany hoping to abolish internal combustion engines in 20 years), how fast you can drive (limited by autonomous vehicles abiding traffic regulations) and when you can drive (think high volume hours requires autonomous, off hours allows human-driven).
No thanks, I'll stick with my butt in the seat and my brain behind the wheel. I like my judgement and choices over some Federal notion about what is, and what isn't safe.
I've always said the smarter the car the dumber the driver. At least riding a motorcycle keeps you sharp and alert, unfortunately we have to share the road with idiots that would rather text than drive.
Maybe prison terms for distracted and drunk driving of at least 10 years if you kill someone. That should be mandatory. I know in our state if you kill someone in a drunk driving accident, the max is 3 years for first time offenders and no more than 5 for repeat offenders. And as far as texting? It may be illegal but I can count at least 20 people a day doing it behind the wheel enough to say their driving is affected by it. Instead of just not doing it, they make car technology that compensate for it. Stupid!
