That's not a rocket blasting off, it's a rocket failing to reach orbit by barely clearing the launch platform.
More importantly: that chart isn't normalized by miles driven. As the companies have been ramping up, you'd expect (under a random model) that incidents would go up.
It could also be explained by greater knowledge of SDCs, increased news coverage, and more awareness of how to report incidents.
More importantly, I wasn't considering the chart, I was considering what the source of the quote said:
Julia Friedlander, SFMTA’s senior manager of automated driving policy, told state regulators in late June that driverless taxi incidents began “skyrocketing” this year. Though city leaders suspect it coincides with a rise in driverless activity, Friedlander said the city can’t make definitive conclusions because it doesn’t have detailed data.
More importantly: that chart isn't normalized by miles driven. As the companies have been ramping up, you'd expect (under a random model) that incidents would go up.
It could also be explained by greater knowledge of SDCs, increased news coverage, and more awareness of how to report incidents.
More importantly, I wasn't considering the chart, I was considering what the source of the quote said:
Julia Friedlander, SFMTA’s senior manager of automated driving policy, told state regulators in late June that driverless taxi incidents began “skyrocketing” this year. Though city leaders suspect it coincides with a rise in driverless activity, Friedlander said the city can’t make definitive conclusions because it doesn’t have detailed data.