[cbsmith]

"Despite recurring safety problems, these companies had no problems receiving these permits, which critics have condemned."

So the expectation is that there be no safety problems, because taxis never have safety problems?

[happytoexplain]

Your quote implies neither of those things.

[cbsmith]

It really does. The "safety problems" are trivial compared to the "safety problems" with conventional vehicles, but since we're used to 50,000 people dying each year, we're much more concerned about the possibility that a fraction of that number might die with some new technology.