• 3.8 million self-driving miles

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Tue Dec 26 18:28:51 2023
    Waymo, which was spun out of Google in 2016, has been logging miles on
    public roads for more than a decade, and it shows. The half-dozen
    rides I took in Waymo cars this year felt safer and smoother than the
    Cruise rides I took. And Waymo's safety data is compelling: According
    to a study the company conducted with Swiss Re, an insurance firm, in
    3.8 million self-driving miles Waymo's cars were significantly less
    likely to cause property damage than human-driven cars, and led to no
    bodily injury claims whatsoever.

    I'll put my cards on the table: I like self-driving cars, and I think
    society will be better off once they're widespread. But they have to
    be safe, and Waymo's slow-and-steady approach seems better suited to
    the task

    https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/25/technology/the-2023-good-tech-awards.html

    I think society will be better off once they're widespread.
    But they have to be safe

    Hey knuckle head, send this fleet to mountainous roadways that are
    snow covered.

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