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Expecting people to not sabotage the rolling death machines "too high a bar"
I was just going to say that the roads are for humans, not machines, but this is a better idea.
All I'm gonna say is if you put a traffic cone on the hood of one it will refuse to move because they avoid cones at all costs.
But Waymo taxis are demonstrably safer than human drivers.
Maybe you're thinking of Tesla who's significantly worse than human drivers because they ditched LIDAR.
The only groups saying that are Waymo and Google.
But Waymo taxis are demonstrably safer than human drivers.
... says research paid for by Waymo.
I know critical thinking skills are in short supply these days, but come on.
That's not critical thinking. It's making an assumption based on bias.
I made a previous post about this. Anecdotally, I've seen numerous human drivers hit pedestrians in SF. Number of Waymos hitting humans that I have seen in local news or in person, none.
They are very very conservative with their driving in SF but can still navigate SFs complex streets (I.e. when a doordash is parallel parked theyre very good at driving around them).
That's why you have to standardize the statistics.
Humans are responsible for more total pedestrian crashes than robo taxis simply because there's more human drivers on the road.
Although the standardized statistics agree with your anecdotal observations in this case.
I don't know why you are trying to defend human drivers so much. I share the road whit them every day and I hope to fucking God they all get replaced with robots soon.
I'm not trying to defend human drivers; I'm all for all human drivers being replaced.
Sofas are even safer, but sofas should fuck off out of the bike lane too. And out of the bus lane too, but that's never going to happen.
I guess necessary bike safety gear needs to include a brick
I walk my dog with a pocket full of rocks to throw at cars.
Can’t afford bricks. There’s a war on.
Once you collect a poo bag from your dog, you can just throw that.
I actually have a small but bright orange hatchet (I spray it to help keep rust off it and also to make it super easy to spot from the other side of my campsite) I keep on my bag, mostly for Camping, but I use the same bag when I'm on my bike.
I've started keeping it on, and have seemingly had less people giving me shit when I'm biking through town.
Respect goes both ways.
People parking to drop others off or make deliveries is the most common use of bike lanes by cars/trucks. Why would I expect Waymo to be different? Thanks for saying it out loud, though?
And it's why bike lanes need a physical barrier separating them from the road, not just a painted line.
They don't respect bike lanes...
Do they respect bricks?
No, but it might be gratifying to verify that information repeatedly.
Dude, expecting fucking HUMAN drivers to respect bike lanes is too high a bar.
AI companies: Our AI is so powerful, it could take over the world if we don't regulate it
Also AI companies: Bike lanes scary
Well, if Waymo can't comply with proper street conduct, its services should be banned from public roads until they are ready and capable of complying with them.
So it's a dead end technology then? Got it. Get em off the road.
Totally out of curiosity as I ask a lot of questions. I’m assuming these also have to be roadworthy. Can they drive with a light out or a damaged or a missing windscreen wiper?
What kinda damage would take these out of action for small period? Or cost the most in terms of repair?
Also if one had a ‘I support Palestine action’ sticker on it, would it be considered a car displaying a terrorist message?
Won't succeed here in the Netherlands then
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