That was my point. The Waymo should have been going much slower than 15 around the double-parked car. Potential speeding makes it worse.

The fact that it’s hard to turn this into a formula is exactly why robot drivers are bad.

Are you comparing robot drivers to the existing alternative? Next time you see one of those blinking speed displays, I’d urge you to pull over and see how fast many human drivers go, and watch for what percent of them aren’t consistently even looking at the road ahead.