Waymo Driver 3.5x better at avoiding injuries over 14.8M miles in SF and Phoenix

3.5x better at injuries, 10x the capex per vehicle, 100x the operational capex of a normal taxi service. Plus you get to own the vehicles, pay costs for all maintenance, store them when not in use, carry all liability.<p>We need actual mass transit that works for people, not a roving science experiment on wheels.

I wonder if the absence of a driver to get hurt skews the crash statistic.

Something I haven&#x27;t considered much but, in a world where you hop into a self-driving taxi; how is the passenger protected from someone who wants to rob them?<p>I&#x27;m imaging a situation where an attacker can step in front of the vehicle, have it safely stop, before demanding you hand over your valuables, breaking a window to get in etc.<p>As a passenger you&#x27;re trapped in an enclosed space and left without a way to escape, where as a human driver would be able to make the judgement call to do whatever is necessary to get out of danger.

The ride experience is unlike anything else in the self-driving field that I’ve seen or felt. It’s quite an accomplishment.

Miles driven is only one axis of many, does Waymo get from A to B as quickly as the average human driver would, or does it play it safe by staying in the slow lane and taking suboptimal routes to avoid challenging areas?

Does Waymo drive like a grandma? What’s the speed compared to a human driver in the same trip?