With the increasing prevalence of autonomous vehicles on the streets of several global cities, It’s sometimes easy to forget how humans still factor into their operation. Test drivers operating AVs before they’re ready to go driverless are hugely important, and a concerning report shows a consistent trend of injuries to humans in Waymo and Zoox test vehicles.
Occupational Safety and Health Administration data shows upwards of 20 injuries reported by Alphabet’s Waymo and Amazon-owned Zoox, according to a report from TechCrunch. Many of the injuries reported to OSHA involved hard braking or quick directional changes on the street and, in the…
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