>Wouldn't that be the point where SDCs are clearly ready for L5? On its own, no. As long as SDCs operate in limited areas and limited environments, then they a

>Wouldn't that be the point where SDCs are clearly ready for L5? On its own, no. As long as SDCs operate in limited areas and limited environments, then they are specifically avoiding the most difficult driving situations that would be most likely to lead to an accident. If you never deploy SDCs during snowy conditions, you aren't getting a full picture of what a full L5 SDC failure rate would be. This also takes a single automated system and compares it to the average of individual humans. Being better than all drivers, including all the terrible ones, may not be quite up to the safety standards of most people. Finally, this is overall a myopic approach to a very complex problem i.e. transportation. Is it really the best approach to attempt to just replace all human operated cars with driverless cars? Is trying to move hundreds of thousands of people in individuals cars from suburbs to a dense city center in the morning, and back in the evening really a good way to set up our infrastructure?