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so the complaint rate per mile is roughly constant

Sure, if the complaint rate per mile is constant, but the number of driverless cars increases exponentially, then yeah we might expect the number of complaints to increase exponentially. That doesn't mean this isn't a problem.

they say it's "incomplete"

Okay, so maybe there are more problems than are represented in the chart, but that doesn't seem to paint any prettier of a picture here.

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By that definition, it is expected to skyrocket. That's like saying people who trip and fall while browsing instsagram shorts is skyrocketing.

.... and once that problem starts injuring as many people as driverless cars, then we might start looking at it as a public policy issue.

> The companies point out that, in a city that sees dozens of traffic deaths caused by human-driven cars each year, their driverless taxis have never killed or seriously injured anyone in the millions of miles they’ve traveled.

So, by your logic, the public policy we should be looking at is reducing human diven car miles to a minimum.

If you ignore the rate at which the events are occuring and don't bother to collect any data on the relative rates of other things like standard taxis and delivery vehicles, then your "data" is worthless from a public policy perspective.

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