Right. It seems to have been Waymo's decision to have zero blind spots around the vehicle perimeter, even if that means having the sensors stick out.
Cruise had an accident where another vehicle knocked a pedestrian into a Cruise car, and the pedestrian was dragged. Cruise lost their California DMV autonomous license for that. So there's a good case for full perimeter coverage.
Humans don't have that. The same week as the Cruise incident, a NYPD tow truck dragged a pedestrian some distance because they were in a blind spot for the driver.
They lost their license for not reporting it properly (as required under the license). Not for the accident.
> Cruise had an accident where another vehicle knocked a pedestrian into a Cruise car, and the pedestrian was dragged. Cruise lost their California DMV autonomous license for that
Cruise didn't lose the license because the car and/or human operator accidentally dragged a pedestrian (similar to the NYPD Truck). They lost their license because some time after the accident, Cruise employees fully aware of what transpired chose to cover up that part in their report of the accident to the state regulators. The state regulators found it out anyway.