You&#x27;re right! Google could also, in the mean time, start providing ridesharing services with their self driving vehicles (note 1: they test them in Austin, in addition to Mountain View; note 2: Google Ventures invested in Uber, not Google proper, Google and Uber are competitors in the self-driving vehicle space). But we&#x27;re just speculating at this point. Anything could happen!<p>&gt; However, it isn&#x27;t particularly &quot;fair&quot; but they voted againest their own interests (if they wanted ridesharing).<p>I argue this is subjective (they voted &quot;against their own interests&quot;). They voted for more knowledge about their drivers (something they can control). One should not need to forfeit additional safety regulations to a tech company due to irresponsible intoxicated&#x2F;influenced drivers being used as the proverbial boogyman.