Re:A Waymo One Rider’s Experiences Highlight Autonomous Ride...
by ghaff on Sunday January 27, 2019 @01:56PM
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For large sections of many highways at rush hour, there is essentially never a space to comfortably merge into. You have to essentially make spaces to merge into whether because someone sees you signal and lets you in or someone isn't really paying attention and has let a gap open up.
It is against the highway code to do that, so can't be programmed in, as this would be ultimate premeditation of breaking the law.
On the other hand, in the real world, this is how people sometimes use turn signals, so autonomous cars are at a practical disadvantage and can't merge when a human driver could.