Why the techno-pessimism in the headline? That framing only makes sense if you think that Google is incompetent or lying. Self driving cars are going to be a huge quality of life improvement and not just for rich people. Time spent in traffic in the worst > Waymo said its robotaxi struck the child at six miles per hour, after braking “hard” from around 17 miles per hour > Waymo said in its blog post that its “peer-reviewed model” shows a “fully attentive human driver in this same situation would have made contact with the pedestrian at approximately 14 mph.” A well functioning self driving car definitely has better reaction speed than a human