That's a pretty clever technology though right? Because ordinarily you'd expect Waymo cars driving in say Phoenix, Arizona to have er, Arizona weather?
More seriously, once you switch to "Actually I think in a snow storm this car isn't better after all" we're back to God of the Gaps style arguments which you can choose to lose incrementally if you want but it just looks kind of sad. It's definitely true that human drivers will set out in dangerous conditions and sometimes arrive safely. If, as Waymo promotes, the idea is self-driving cars are safer they just won't go in those conditions because it's unsafe.
More seriously, once you switch to "Actually I think in a snow storm this car isn't better after all" we're back to God of the Gaps style arguments which you can choose to lose incrementally if you want but it just looks kind of sad. It's definitely true that human drivers will set out in dangerous conditions and sometimes arrive safely. If, as Waymo promotes, the idea is self-driving cars are safer they just won't go in those conditions because it's unsafe.