Maybe We Should Pump the Brakes on the Idea That Robotaxis Are…

It has become commonly accepted that autonomous vehicles, despite the occasional high-profile crash, are on the whole safer than human drivers. That has led to the expansion of robotaxis like those offered by Waymo and, to a lesser extent, Tesla and Zoox, to take to the roads of major American cities, with expansion happening faster than ever. But actual evidence that these self-driving rides actually are safer than having humans behind the wheel is still pretty limited, as a recent…