Waymo’s performance, once the pedestrian was revealed, sounds pretty good. But is 17mph a safe speed at an active school dropoff area? I admit that I don’t think I ever personally pay attention to the speedometer in such a place, but 17mph seems excessive even for an ordinary parking lot.

I wonder whether Waymo’s model notices that small children are present or likely to be present and that it should leave extra margin for error.

(My general impression observing Waymo vehicles is that they’ve gone from being obnoxiously cautious to often rather aggressive.)