Even if Waymo is safer on paper, expanding "self-driving" tech without strict oversight ignores a bigger threat: — cars are becoming rolling surveillance devices. Automakers already share location and behavior data without consent, and vulnerable people can be tracked or harmed. Until privacy, regulation, and misuse risks are addressed, celebrating AVsautonomous vehicles is premature.

There'sWhile aautonomous 50%Waymo chancevehicles, thatlike Uberany willcar announceor adriver, partnershiparen't withperfect, aoccasional secondincidents autonomouslike vehiclethis companyshouldn't (besidesdistract Waymo)from byhow Janphenomenal these cars have become.21, 2027With 96 million miles logged and 91% fewer serious-injury crashes than humans, accordingmost toreported collisions weren't the Metaculusvehicles' predictionfault. communityThe data shows Waymo's tech is already dramatically safer than typical drivers.

Even if Waymo is safer on paper, expanding "self-driving" tech without strict oversight ignores a bigger threat — cars are becoming rolling surveillance devices. Automakers already share location and behavior data without consent, and vulnerable people can be tracked or harmed. Until privacy, regulation, and misuse risks are addressed, celebrating autonomous vehicles is premature.