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So, how are those things street-legal again?
Easy. Waymo specifically, because over 22 million miles, they have demonstrated that they have about 7 times fewer crashes with injuries than human drivers. (0.4 collisions with injuries per million miles, compared to 2.78 for human drivers).
I don't work for Waymo and I have no particular interest in them "succeeding" but I don't have reason to believe this data is fabricated - NHTSA has tight grips on reporting of every single incident and even disengagements of the autonomous system.
These things are not a Tesla with an inexpensive sensor suite and a deceitfully marketed advanced cruise control.
I love that I clicked on the link and was instantly hit with a paywall
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Oh weird, I don't get a paywall at all. Maybe because I'm in Europe?
Really good to know. Thanks for the info. 
I don't have a horse in this race but isn't freshly poured concrete without enclosure an equal risk to self-driving and user-driven cars?
Agreed, it happens to human drivers too. It's on whoever carried out the roadwork to follow the regulations, although if a self-driving car was somewhat smarter it could avoid poured concrete.
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