That’s more an issue of regulation than technology. Our standard for allowing a 17 year old to drive is far far lower than the standard we’re applying for autonomous vehicles.
Waymo already does 150,000 driverless rides per week and will soon be operating across 6 cities in the US. In the 23 million miles that Waymo cars covered there have been two instances of people being injured. That makes it approximately 50 times safer than the average 17 year old male.
Are driverless cars perfect? No, of course not, they can still improve and they sometimes get into difficulty when finding themselves in unique circumstances. But have you seen some of the human drivers out there? Fuck me. Give me a robot driver any day of the week.
