[andrewmutz]

Still safer than human drivers, who do this all the time

[mminer237]

Uh, I know hundreds of drivers, and I've never met someone who's done this. Who are you hanging around?

[andrewmutz]

https://www.google.com/search?q=humams+driving+in+to+wet+con...

It happens all the time

[forgetfreeman]

If you want to play that game now we get to compare the number of human operator hours per wet pavement incident vs self-driving cars. A quick google search suggests the estimated number of human drivers on the road today is 1.4 billion. The rest of that calculation is left as an exercise.

[andrewmutz]

If you do a true apples-to-apples comparison between Waymo and humans, the waymo cars are about five times safer.

> Accidents per million miles driven for Waymo self-driving cars are 0.59, compared to the general U.S. rate of 2.98

https://blog.gitnux.com/self-driving-cars-safety-statistics/

[forgetfreeman]

Pfft. How much of Waymo's million was done on unfamiliar roadways or in inclement weather? Does it snow much in Phoenix?

[smoldesu]

The top 5 results of this search are driverless car examples for me...