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While I don't disagree that autonomous cars are safer, I think they are comparing the Waymo city miles against mixed mileage and when you are driving at reduced speed the chance to have an accident lowers significantly.
But yes, people get distracted all the time, can be angry, tired, etc. that will negatively affect their driving.
The article covers an academic-style research paper. You might find that section of the full research paper interesting! You spotted something important, but I think you think that city driving is safer, when the opposite is true:
https://waymo.com/research/do-autonomous-vehicles-outperform-latest-generation-human-driven-vehicles-25-million-miles/
Here's the part you might find interesting, the "12x safer than human" claim likely greatly understates the safety advantage, just due to the methodology of the study:
Less accidents per km on highways because it's all people going in the same direction at a more constant speed.
Yep - of course they're safer when they take at least 2-3x longer to get anywhere.