Autonomous driving safety

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Like it or not, autonomous vehicles (AVs) are coming and all of us on the roads are part of the experiment.

In the US, how safe are AVs?

The US leader in autonomy, Waymo, a Google/Alphabet-backed venture, periodically releases safety data that provides a window into their AV’s safety.

The other big news maker in US AVs, Tesla, doesn’t release detailed data on its advanced driver-assist safety and does not yet have AVs (unsupervised) on public roads (instead they are testing a small fleet with humans in the vehicle who supervise the AI driving).

Waymo has AVs that are rider-only (robot drives the car without human supervision) on city roads (no highways yet) in Phoenix, San Fran, LA and Austin.

After about 96 million miles, Waymo had about 304 fewer injury crashes, 80% lower, than a human driver benchmark.

More details here (Safety Impact)

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Hmmm, as I am due, after today, to renew my DL, I wonder if one is needed if you own an AV? You aren’t driving, just a passenger, it would be like taking an Uber, Lyft or taxi!

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Cool videos of Waymo perception.

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Waymo expanding to London.

Great news, Londoners! We’re bringing our fully autonomous ride-hailing service across the pond, where we intend to offer rides – with no human behind the wheel – in 2026.

(Hello London! Your Waymo ride is arriving)

And other US cities:

Miami, Washington, D.C., and Dallas.

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