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My guess would be approximately zero. Cal DMV requires incident reports and they are public. Waymo is a good actor. If they are fudging these reports I would be

My guess would be approximately zero. Cal DMV requires incident reports and they are public. Waymo is a good actor. If they are fudging these reports I would be shocked.

flutas 2y ago
The California DMV only requires it for cars that are being operated by Waymo under the testing permit. Any car carrying a paid passenger does not require those same reports. As an example, a Waymo ran a red light and caused a moped to crash in January ("due to remote ops"), and there is no DMV report for it but there is a completely redacted NHTSA report for it. https://www.forbes.com/sites/bradtempleton/2024/03/26/waymo-runs-a-red-light-and-the-difference-between-humans-and-robots/?sh=4f8589ac3f34 https://www.forbes.com/sites/bradtempleton/2024/03/26/waymo-... For the new cases they are investigating, all but one of these went unreported to the NHTSA, otherwise they would provide the incident number in the letter they sent (as they do for the pole collision they mention).
- dbcurtis 2y ago
  Interesting. I did not realize that revenue rides do not fall under the reporting requirement.
  - flutas 2y ago
    Yeah, those incidents only have to be reported to the CPUC and they don't make the data public.