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False. Humans are driving in a much wider range range of weather, road conditions, car conditions, passenger conditions, routes, unknown destinations, etc.

• murderfs 2y ago
  Something like a third of traffic fatalities are due to one of the drivers being drunk.
  • dboreham 2y ago
    In my experience there are also many drivers who appear to be deliberately driving in a manner likely to cause an accident. Not sure why. Perhaps either they're very stupid or perhaps they like the idea of hurting others.
• danpalmer 2y ago
  As this explains, these factors were controlled for.
  • bmitc 2y ago
    Were these Waymo cars driving in Michigan during the winter or in Boston or New York?
    • danpalmer 2y ago
      No, but neither were the humans being compared to. It's comparing a Waymo and a human driver, on the same road, in the same conditions, etc.
      • bmitc 2y ago
        Right. So the point is that it's not a useful and practical result, and the title is indeed false and misleading.