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Re:Waymo gets green light in California to pick up passenger... by gibolt on Thursday July 04, 2019 @12:50AM (#20351635)
18,000,000 seems pretty high. That might be peak. I doubt >5% of the population is the driver (not passenger) in a vehicle all day.
Re:Waymo gets green light in California to pick up passenger... by AdieuToLogic on Thursday July 04, 2019 @01:13AM (#20351759)
> 18,000,000 seems pretty high. That might be peak. I doubt >5% of the population is the driver (not passenger) in a vehicle all day.

True, that estimation may be peak load. Which is why I kept the total estimate of distinct drivers at 54m instead of the much more likely number of well above[0] that.

0 - https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/policyinformation/pubs/hf/pl11028/c...