It just looks really bad when that one in a million death is caused by something stupid a human would never do. So far these Waymos are only replacing taxi and Uber drivers, which have a lower rate of accidents than the general population.

"Uber reported 0.87 fatalities per 100 million vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in 2021–2022"

https://insurify.com/car-insurance/insights/rideshare-driver...