Waymo, a firm that provides robotaxi services, has provided a great deal of information that might persuade skeptics to trust fully autonomous cars, asserting these are safer than those piloted by people. 

In January, cabs operated by the Alphabet subsidiary stated they had driven one million miles without a human driver, and there had been no recorded accidents, fatalities, or serious injuries.

Minor Accidents, No Injuries

In a report by TechSpot, nobody was wounded, and a million miles of autonomous driving were logged with only two minor incidents. 

These two occurrences were considered "car crashes" and are recorded in the database Crash Investigation Sampling System (CISS), maintained by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). At least one vehicle being taken away or the necessity to submit a police complaint are examples of what satisfies the criterion to be included in the car crash database.

Self-driving technology did not cause those two incidents mentioned above. 

The more severe incident included a Waymo cab getting struck from behind by a car whose driver was texting and driving through a red light. Another occasion was when a vehicle unexpectedly swerved into the lane occupied by a Waymo cab and slammed on its brakes, forcing the self-driving car to crash into the other car's rear.

Meanwhile, additional 18 minor contact events were not included in the database because they did not meet the set criteria. These events included a car backing out of a parking space into a Waymo waiting to pick up a rider and a portable plastic sign stand being blown by the wind and making contact with a vehicle. 

According to Waymo, almost half of all contact occurrences involved a human driver colliding with one of its parked taxis.

"Despite 24/7 driving across major US cities, Waymo experienced no collisions at all of the types that are responsible for 94% of fatal collisions in NHTSA's crash investigation database," Waymo adds.

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Los Angeles Expansion

Waymo has already begun to grow, with the announcement that its driverless car testing will soon begin in the Los Angeles area. 

According to Engadget, the test will be the first time fully autonomous cars have been allowed on the streets of LA. The firm said it was able to roll out self-driving vehicles in additional locations with "little-to-no on-board engineering work" owing to the success of its trials in San Francisco.

Waymo said testing would begin in Santa Monica using its 5th-generation Jaguar I-Pace vehicles. It will travel only with riders at first and not during rush hours. Once the program is fully ready, it will be sent out to the public following Waymo's safety standards.

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