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Re:Self driving cars, Ford probably in panic mode by sharemywin on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @01:00PM (#14411503)
BMW: 638 miles driven, 638 miles/disengagement

That's weird.

Re:Self driving cars, Ford probably in panic mode by deepGem on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @01:17PM (#14411640)
Good catch. There must be some typo. Doesn't this mean there's a zero error rate. Seems practically impossible, at least with the current tech.
Re:Self driving cars, Ford probably in panic mode by leereeves on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @02:47PM (#14412423)
Or a single error in 638 miles.

Elsewhere in the article "disengagement" is defined as "a human driver has to take over", seemingly excluding natural stops.

> But what's even more significant is how much farther Waymo cars can go before a human driver has to take over. For Waymo, one of these so-called disengagements happened, on average, every 5,127 miles.

Re:Self driving cars, Ford probably in panic mode by sharemywin on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @01:20PM (#14411673)
Unless it meant they are 2nd in miles driven and stopped "publishing" or driving to not reveal too much.
Re:Self driving cars, Ford probably in panic mode by kingbirdy on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @02:19PM (#14412209)
Or they've only done one test (that they'll share), and it went 638 mi before disengaging?