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Re:Waymo begins driverless rides in San Francisco by wongarsu on Wednesday March 30, 2022 @12:01PM (#30857030)
Depending on what you mean by widely rolled out, I agree. Driverless trucks driving on the highway and in well-marked industrial areas seems extremely plausible within 10 years. Driverless taxis at slow speeds as a shuttle service on campuses and fair grounds are more or less already a thing and will only grow.

Driverless cars in a European city center, during snow, ice and rain seems unlikely within 10 years. But we don't need that to see transformational change.

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Re:Waymo begins driverless rides in San Francisco by foobarian on Wednesday March 30, 2022 @12:12PM (#30857196)
> Driverless cars in a European city center, during snow, ice and rain seems unlikely within 10 years.

The fun thing about European cities is that many of them are extremely willing to make (to Americans) unthinkable changes to traffic patterns under their jurisdiction. I would not be the least bit surprised to see those downtown centers closed to all but driverless traffic (if they are not closed already).

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Re:Waymo begins driverless rides in San Francisco by bluGill on Wednesday March 30, 2022 @01:22PM (#30858142)
Maybe, but I don't see driverless cars ready for bad weather.

BTW, humans are not ready for bad weather either, even though we drive in it all the time. However with driverless cars we will collect statistics proving it isn't ready and never noticing that it is better than humans.

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