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Wouldn't that claim of "only 3 minor injuries" be relatively easy to refute? Sure, I'm not so naive to think there's no corporate spin, and especially with Alp

Wouldn't that claim of "only 3 minor injuries" be relatively easy to refute? Sure, I'm not so naive to think there's no corporate spin, and especially with Alphabet's marketing and media resources and the need for positive sentiment towards Waymo, but I think if Waymo's safety record were anywhere near Tesla's (or Cruise's) it would be very hard to spin this well and not be refuted, they would be better off not giving an update in that case.

SilverBirch 3y ago
Absolutely not. Firstly, a huge number of these miles are either being done directly under test conditions or with employees as the passenger, and secondly any actual passengers have probably signed significant wiavers. Secondly, when accidents do happen I bet you that some legal department at Google is highly motivated to step in and "investigate" - ie, get everyone involved to sign NDAs and then conclude their investigation with some conclusion that doesn't impact their stats. I'm not saying this is happening - but it would be entirely unsurprising to me if it were. And I think actually there are some rumours of Tesla engaging in that kind of behaviour - classifying crashes as being unrelated to Autopilot because Autopilot disengages in the moments leading up to the crash. How would anyone refute that? And if they tried, do you think they'd face significant legal jeopardy from Tesla.