I live in San Francisco. It is rather obvious that Waymo’s are much safer than human-driven cars. They drive the speed limit, observe traffic signs/signals and don’t drive while intoxicated. We had a pedestrian fatality in my neighborhood this weekend where a car was driving 50 mph through an intersection with 4-way stop signs and killed a 30 year old man (and drove off.)

I have worried that self-driving cars further undermine public transportation (which is what I prefer,) but we need both better public transportation and more self-driving cars to improve safety and quality of life.