Besides convenience, one of the main benefits of self-driving cars is supposed to be safety.
Yet in a bizarre move, Waymo — whose self-driving cabs had been enjoying extraordinary safety metrics — has just taken steps to make its robotaxis more human-like, eroding the safety narrative that’s been central to the autonomous vehicle narrative.
Recent reporting by The Wall Street Journal observed a startling change in Waymos’ road etiquette, a new aggressive streak that would make a BMW driver blush. These include illegal U-turns, aggressive lane switching, rolling through cross walks, and running red lights.
Yikes. I was just in SF for work. One of the things I liked best about wayno as a pedestrian is that you could confidently step out into the road in front of them and they would always slam their breaks so hard it never hit you, and the occupants would be all pissed about it
If this was an Onion article, the headline would have been “Waymo cars will now go through each hit pedestrian multiple times”.
This is the stupid shit I get instead of actual public transport and infrastructure. What a dumb timeline.
In a “Our cars are faster” move?
These include illegal U-turns, aggressive lane switching, rolling through cross walks, and running red lights.
They like fines?
They will never make it into Europe this way.
Good thing.Big Insurance is playing both sides
Been waiting for this day since I was 14 😏
Just run over that pupil around the corner
This is the weirdest way to say this. What a weird bot.
Looking at their comment history, I don’t think this is a bot. Just looks like someone with a tenuous grasp on English.
