Ars TechnicaMar 27, 2025
After 50 million miles, Waymos crash a lot less than human drivers
Waymo has been in dozens of crashes. Most were not Waymo's fault.
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2025/03/after-50-million-miles-waymos-crash-a-lot-less-than-human-drivers/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social
After 50 million miles, Waymos crash a lot less than human drivers

Waymo has been in dozens of crashes. Most were not Waymo’s fault.

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Show threadThe LudditeMar 27, 2025
@arstechnica

Please be more critical. They should compare to taxis, not normal people who drive almost exclusively during their commutes (the most dangerous time to drive since it’s when everyone is driving). More importantly, we need to know how often humans intervene. Cruise employed 1.5 staff-members per car, intervening to assist these every 2.5 to 5 miles, which makes them less autonomous than regular taxis. Until we can meaningfully compare, these articles are corporate PR.
Show threadJared Stevens

@theluddite @arstechnica Interesting story -- in controlled conditions it seems these cars are safer than people in general.

In the interest of further comparing apples-to-apples, it might also be worth mentioning that these cars are limited to city streets and don't include highway/interstate miles that human driver stats do.

The taxi driver idea is interesting and would partially account for this. Not sure that's published anywhere publicly though?

Mar 27, 2025 at 3:38pmWeb