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Re: S.F. says incidents by Cruise, Waymo driverless taxis are ‘skyrocketing.’

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When I hear "skyrocket" I think "several orders of magnitude in a very short time". The article actually has quantitative data that shows reports of "incidents where driverless cars disrupt traffic, transit and emergency responders" rising by a couple orders of magnitude in a year. Yeah, the city officials have to cover their asses and make disclaimers about what they can and cannot conclude, because all they know is…

I dojn't think that chart represents anything informative. It's at least partly based on "social media reports" and they say it's "incomplete". Any number of alternative explanations for that chart (which isn't a "skyrocket") explain the results better, such as increased awareness of the cars, increased numbers of miles driven (so the complaint rate per mile is roughly constant), and negative press coverage of incide…

If self-driving cars are really safer than human drivers, then tech companies need to prove it by releasing more data than necessary, rather than less. Why won't they release sufficient data instead of forcing the city to gather their own data? This doesn't smell well...
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