Waymo had 20 accidents by February of this year but categorized 18 of them as "minor collision events". Unless the authors similarly recategorized the driver d

Waymo had 20 accidents by February of this year but categorized 18 of them as "minor collision events". Unless the authors similarly recategorized the driver data that is suspect. For instance 1.24 is the number of injuries per million miles for drivers so that doesn't sound like 2.98 excludes minor ones. The reality is the jury is still out on self driving car safety. Driving a few million miles and extrapolating isn't terribly useful especially when you only drive at low speeds. There is a hypothetical potential to reduce fatalities but it is still very hypothetical.