Slate CEO talks accessories, third party parts, Slate Marketplace (TechCrunch interview)

[Dorbiman]

really find this difficult to believe. 60% of incidents where someone's property is damaged is not reported? 60% percent of property damage victims just don't give a shit their property was damaged?

Would this not include minor fender benders were the two parties settled outside of insurance as well? In which case, no police report is filed.

 

[E90400K]

Would this not include minor fender benders were the two parties settled outside of insurance as well? In which case, no police report is filed.

It's plausible of course, but again its nationwide data from 20 years ago and not relevant to Waymo's report data for accidents reported or not reported for the four cities it operates in. If Waymo's safety record is so much better than the human threshold (i.e. 90% or above) then why even introduce it in their report findings to bolster their claims? Why not just leave the data set at the incidents reported to the police or reported by the police.

 

[KevinRS]

It's plausible of course, but again its nationwide data from 20 years ago and not relevant to Waymo's report data for accidents reported or not reported for the four cities it operates in. If Waymo's safety record is so much better than the human threshold (i.e. 90% or above) then why even introduce it in their report findings to bolster their claims? Why not just leave the data set at the incidents reported to the police or reported by the police.

It's an industry standard benchmark they are using, and again, even without that 32 or 60% adjustment, wherever they applied it, even if you calculate without the adjustment they are still massively ahead of human driven cars.