""I think that society will," Mawakana answered, slowly, before positioning the question as an industrywide issue. "I think the challenge for us is making sure that society has a high enough bar on safety that companies are held to.""
"She said that companies should be transparent about their records by publishing data about how many crashes they're involved in, and she pointed to the " hub " of safety information on Waymo's website. Self-driving cars will dramatically reduce crashes, Mawakana said, but not by 100%: "We have to be in this open and honest dialogue about the fact that we know it's not perfection.""
""We really worry as a company about those days. You know, we don't say 'whether.' We say 'when.' And we plan for them.""
Waymo believes one fatal crash would not topple the company as public trust in autonomous vehicles grows. The company places an all-consuming focus on safety and calls for an industrywide high bar for safety enforcement. Companies should publish crash data and maintain transparency, and Waymo provides a safety information hub. Autonomous vehicles are expected to dramatically reduce crashes but cannot eliminate them entirely. The company treats fatal crashes as a matter of 'when' rather than 'whether' and plans proactively, while expressing concern about the impact of such incidents on expansion and operations.
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