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Re:California suspends GM Cruise's autonomous vehicle deploy... by lmm on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @06:42PM (#38006712)
> They manage to avoid collisions by driving extremely conservatively, but the way they traverse, say, a left turn against traffic is absurd. They slow everyone down, including emergency vehicles and public transit, by performing far below the level of most Human drives.

Are they performing worse, or are they just making a better risk tradeoff? Human drivers kill a lot of people every week.

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Re:California suspends GM Cruise's autonomous vehicle deploy... by __loam on Tuesday October 24, 2023 @07:46PM (#38007287)
I've seen multiple cruises strand just walking around the city. I've never seen a waymo strand. Anecdotally I've heard the ride quality of cruise is a lot worse.
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Re:California suspends GM Cruise's autonomous vehicle deploy... by quest88 on Wednesday October 25, 2023 @01:24AM (#38009438)
Honestly they scare me a little.

I frequently walk my dog where a lot of cruises operate. I dislike there's no.. two-way communication? with car. I mean that with a human driver if we make eye contact then I know they see me and I can safely (yes yes not 100%) cross the street. With a cruise I have no idea if it sees me, or if there's a bug that will make it drive as I'm in the middle of the crosswalk. They actually make me jog across out of fear.

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