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At 30mph max in the back seat with the belt on? Not that mad I reckon.

As opposed to having one with a human driver?

I dunno? I guess I'd have to look at the statistics. My sense is that the Waymo vehicles at least are statistically safer than a human driver at these speeds, although not as competent. (I.e. they are less likely to cause an accident, but more likely to encounter a situation they can't handle and get stuck.)

I'd love to see these vehicles handle situations where pedestrians or debris are all over the road. Like in front of a busy bar, construction area, or homeless camp. To the best of my knowledge the environments they've been test driving in have been pretty controlled and orderly and they still manage to find people to run over.

Wait, I see them everywhere in SF and in completely random places too…

You're wrong twice over: Waymo and Cruise have been testing in SF for a long time, and so far neither has run anybody over.

Uber ran someone over, it turns out they were shockingly incompetent, and thankfully they don't have an AV program anymore.

> As opposed to having one with a human driver?

Given some of my recent Uber drivers in the Bay Area, I reckon a blender would be a safer ride.

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