Streets will be safer as autonomous cars don't get distracted or tired

Streets will be safer as autonomous cars don't get distracted or tired | the streets are going to be safer, right? These These cars they don't get these drivers don't get distracted. They don't get tired.

Watch events: Waymo 1M rides/wk (end-2026); Tesla Robotaxi scaling; NHTSA AV rules

the streets are going to be safer, right? These These cars they don't get these drivers don't get distracted. They don't get tired.

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