Re:Waymo: Google's self-driving car company
by chiph on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @01:31PM
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I have friends that live in one of the neighborhoods they're testing in, here in Austin (Mueller, if you're curious). And they've said the vehicles have been performing well, with no issues at intersections or dealing with pedestrians or cyclists. It's a new-urbanism style neighborhood, with the houses positioned close to the streets, with lots of on-street parking. I imagine it's a challenging environment for the car.
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Re:Waymo: Google's self-driving car company
by fsckin on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @02:07PM
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Yep! Plenty of pedestrians with strollers/dogs/bikes/etc, vehicles stopping in moving lanes for pickups or dropoffs, a mixture of stop signs and traffic lights, one-ways, two lanes, four lanes, divided roads, and the cherry on top: a two lane roundabout, which endlessly baffles drivers here.
I'm not sure there's a better spot in Austin to test autonomous cars.
That said, they aren't perfect. 1. They wait just long enough at stop signs when it is their turn, which confuses other drivers. 2. They drive well under the limit, causing small jams at peak congestion.
Re:Waymo: Google's self-driving car company
by londons_explore on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @04:41PM
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They're limited to 25mph by law.
Re:Waymo: Google's self-driving car company
by Florin_Andrei on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @02:15PM
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I live almost in the backyard of their facility in Silicon Valley. No issues here either, the vehicles are very well behaved. Of course, how much is that an indicator of their progress, I don't know.