> Cruise and Waymo refuse to release their safety records.
This is not true. They monthly release accidents and disengagement reports to the state.
SF officials, on the other hand, have been caught more or less fabricating a story and misusing data. From the Public Utilities Commission, which oversees the process and AV companies are required to report all incidents to:
> Regarding collision responsibility, San Francisco’s analysis appears to omit or overlook relevant facts present in the data and collision narratives that are critical for understanding the context of the cited incidents. The examples of two injury collisions upon which it seems San Francisco bases its analysis of Waymo’s relative injury collision rate (included below in Appendix A as entries for June 2022 and July 2022) are problematic in this regard. According to Waymo’s account as submitted to NHTSA, the June 2022 collision does not appear to involve any contact with the Waymo AV. indicates the Waymo AV was rear-ended by another vehicle, which immediately left the scene. Note that no determination of fault, of the AV or otherwise, is evident through these reports.
This is not true. They monthly release accidents and disengagement reports to the state.
SF officials, on the other hand, have been caught more or less fabricating a story and misusing data. From the Public Utilities Commission, which oversees the process and AV companies are required to report all incidents to:
> Regarding collision responsibility, San Francisco’s analysis appears to omit or overlook relevant facts present in the data and collision narratives that are critical for understanding the context of the cited incidents. The examples of two injury collisions upon which it seems San Francisco bases its analysis of Waymo’s relative injury collision rate (included below in Appendix A as entries for June 2022 and July 2022) are problematic in this regard. According to Waymo’s account as submitted to NHTSA, the June 2022 collision does not appear to involve any contact with the Waymo AV. indicates the Waymo AV was rear-ended by another vehicle, which immediately left the scene. Note that no determination of fault, of the AV or otherwise, is evident through these reports.
(https://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PublishedDocs/Published/G000/M512/K...)