So if there isn't enough data to use statistics, they need to go with what they've got. And what they've got is a video that shows that it failed in a way that

So if there isn't enough data to use statistics, they need to go with what they've got. And what they've got is a video that shows that it failed in a way that is inexcusable. It can't be explained as "this was a fluke accident, the car just happened to look away at the exact wrong time". Self-driving cars don't look away. Mentioning the statistics might only makes sense if someone is to claim that, statistically, Uber's self driving fleet is safer. Well, it's not. Any way you look at it, we don't have a reliable indicator to say they are safe enough. Maybe at some point we'll get more information, and realize that, indeed, this was a highly unlikely combination of things that is unlikely to happen again. But we don't have this now, so AZ was right to do this.