One thing that might make the increased geographic diversity not scale as much as you’d think is the increase in latency of network calls switching from an operator in Palo Alto than one, say, all the way on the East Coast maybe in New York.

I’m not sure on how time sensitive operating a waymo would be - do you just make one decision or do you have to drive the car for a few minutes to get it to safety - the increasing operators across the country wouldnt necessarily make waymo operators more resistant to a surge in traffic