Wielding Rocks and Knives, Arizonans Attack Self-Driving Cars

Re:Wielding Rocks and Knives, Arizonans Attack Self-Driving ... by diffeomorphism on Tuesday January 01, 2019 @09:25AM (#18800279)

> The default reaction for a Waymo car under any sort of ambiguity seems to be to just stop (literally) until the ambiguity resolves itself. Unfortunately this causes considerable confusion and traffic backups for human drivers.

Honestly, to me this just sounds like the waymo cars being better drivers than humans and not breaking traffic rules and endangering others. Just like complaining about new drivers or driving school drivers for being "too slow", while in reality they are just the only ones not going over the speed limit and not shoving into lanes hoping others will compensate.

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Re:Wielding Rocks and Knives, Arizonans Attack Self-Driving ... by rjdagost on Tuesday January 01, 2019 @11:51AM (#18800900)

We could go back and forth on this all day, but I don't think you would say these vehicles are good drivers if you have actually driven amongst them. I recommend that you follow one of these Waymo vehicles if you're ever in Chandler or in Mountain View. Being extremely hesitant is not good driving. Slamming on the brakes when a newspaper blows in front of your car is not good driving. Take a left turn behind one or go to a four-way stop behind one. I really hope Waymo improves.

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