Those features are all still essentially making normal cars more like self-driving cars by removing the human factors that lead to accidents.
> And taxis haven’t replaced all human drivers or solved traffic accidents.
That comparison is irrelevant. The point is that Waymos are superior to human drivers with respect to safety, thus they would also be superior to taxis in that dimension and would be a justifiable replacement. Also self-driving tech, if deployed in all cars, would offer benefits beyond taxis since the car belongs to the user of the tech itself.
Yes, thereby making them even better than self-driving cars. Human + driving automation still beats the bots. ;)
The bots aren’t superior either, they’re just not able to function in many countries and situations so in their little box they have good stats because they’re super-careful. This is fine for a taxi, hence that is the comparison that makes most sense.
* lane keeping with optional steering
* pedestrian and obstacle detection at the front
* pedestrian and obstacle detection when reversing with automatic braking
* assisted driving with lane keeping and full stop / driving on in case of traffic jam
Waymos are just fancy taxis. And taxis haven’t replaced all human drivers or solved traffic accidents.