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Re:Toyota Research Institute head says full autonomous drivi... by skywhopper on Monday August 28, 2017 @11:31AM (#15117194)
It's important to point out that the WayMo project in Phoenix is only barely getting started, only serves limited areas, at limited times, and presumably in limited weather conditions; and most importantly that there's still a human driver in the vehicle at all times. A full-scale metro-wide service would need to operate at all hours, in most any weather, and without a human driver. That's not happening within four years.
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Re:Toyota Research Institute head says full autonomous drivi... by joshuamorton on Monday August 28, 2017 @11:41AM (#15117293)
>WayMo project in Phoenix is only barely getting started, only serves limited areas,

Sure but is this because of capability or number of vehicles?

>at limited times,

Sure, because drivers don't want to work late at night.

>and presumably in limited weather conditions;

Why's that?

>and most importantly that there's still a human driver in the vehicle at all times.

Sure, but this isn't due to capability, but for regulatory reasons. As far as I know, the firefly vehicles (the cute little bubble ones) don't have steering wheels, and were in use 3 years ago. This argument doesn't make sense to me.

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Re:Toyota Research Institute head says full autonomous drivi... by upvotinglurker on Thursday August 31, 2017 @11:55AM (#15141169)
>>and presumably in limited weather conditions; >Why's that?

Because Phoenix has extremely low precipitation: http://www.usclimatedata.com/climate/phoenix/arizona/united-...

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