2015 isn&#x27;t the first year their Self-Driving cars have been on the road. (Gotta wonder how many accidents they would&#x27;ve caused in 2014!) I picked a quick link while I was trying to find sources for the parent commenter&#x27;s request. But the report comes from Google, to the California DMV, so you have to look at the numbers and facts, not their PR text around it.<p>Urmson, of course, whitewashes Google&#x27;s progress, it&#x27;s his job. But if you look at the number of miles between safety-related takeovers, or these &#x27;almost accidents&#x27;, and compare to the estimate of human safety provided by insurance companies, it&#x27;s hard to believe these cars are yet safe enough to trust on the road. The only reason they haven&#x27;t been in an accident is because trained, professional humans have intervened.<p>Self-Driving Cars will probably, eventually, be safer than humans, but Google&#x27;s PR team has misled people on how far off that point is. Last year Urmson indicated that he wanted to have them ready for consumer use before his kid got his driver&#x27;s license in four years.<p>That&#x27;s pretty unrealistic. Don&#x27;t believe little old random Internet commenter me? Take it from Robert Scoble, who&#x27;s been hyping self-driving cars for the last year: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;medium.com&#x2F;@scobleizer&#x2F;don-t-worry-uber-lyft-drivers-self-driving-cars-won-t-take-your-job-for-at-least-a-decade-3b8c58a7f102#.iw35iiwbi" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;medium.com&#x2F;@scobleizer&#x2F;don-t-worry-uber-lyft-drivers...</a> He&#x27;s been to see or ride in a variety of self-driving car prototypes from a number of companies working on the problem.