Waymo drives on (vastly more) restricted routes, so comparing as if they are the same thing is questionable. The problem is several orders of magnitude more simple.
I'm not sure it's necessarily a good comparison, though. As I recall, Waymo's testing is mostly freeway and suburban driving. I'd be curious to see how much of their testing is done in a heavily urban environment, such as downtown SF or Oakland, and how it affects their disengage numbers.
Then I’m afraid you’re unclear because the cities Waymo operates in all have different characteristics and don’t have “similar style of roads”. Driving in SF is very different from driving in Phoenix.
Isn’t Waymo only driving in small HD mapped areas? Previously the were only driving within a 50 mile area of Arizona where it’s clear weather all the time.
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