December 4, 2025
Opinion | The Medical Case for Self-Driving Cars - The New York Times
Waymo’s self-driving cars were involved in 91 percent fewer serious-injury-or-worse crashes and 80 percent fewer crashes causing any injury. It showed a 96 percent lower rate of injury-causing crashes at intersections, which are some of the deadliest I encounter in the trauma bay.
Failure to deploy Waymo to as many markets as possible would be a tremendous societal failure.