If the inference is drawn from the number of claims the first question that comes to mind is, how easy is it to file a claim with Waymo?
Also, do people behave differently when involved in an accident with a driverless car?
For example, at McDonalds, the automatic checkouts don’t simply substitute expensive workforce but actually boost sales of addons because people are less inhibited by a screen than by a human.
So, do people just drive off if it was a minor bump?
Finally, does Waymo initiate claims? If it were me, I wouldn’t. Id simply partner with a mechanic and fix issues internally as part of a fleet maintenance system.
If that’s the case, I’d roughly half the stats before doing any additional inference.