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Re:Self-driving Waymos secure final clearance for expansion ... by Karrot_Kream on Friday June 21, 2024 @04:34PM (#40753517)
Honestly as a cyclist who takes Waymo, all the Waymos I've seen are much nicer to cyclists than any human driver. Most human drivers in SF either buzz past the 3 ft legal limit going 15 mph over (good luck when their mirror taps you at 40 mph) to try and overtake the cyclist or they'll just edge the cyclist out any time there's space to merge into the lane. Waymos usually give cyclists the whole lane comfortably and take time to merge out properly.

(I've read comments that if you're on a skateboard this isn't true but I've never used a skateboard in SF so I don't know much about the experience.)

Sometimes I wish I could load my bike into a Waymo. I hit a flat yesterday and left my replacement tube at home and it would have been so much nicer if I could have loaded my bike into the car and gotten a ride home.

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Re:Self-driving Waymos secure final clearance for expansion ... by drozycki on Friday June 21, 2024 @07:26PM (#40754904)
You probably can (although I haven’t tried). The trunk is accessible and you can flip down the seats and ride in the front.
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Re:Self-driving Waymos secure final clearance for expansion ... by ssl-3 on Friday June 21, 2024 @06:39PM (#40754588)
I used to work with a guy who liked cycling, and liked doing it light and in open, fairly rural areas near a city.

He didn't carry tools or spare parts. He'd just summon an appropriate Uber to his location and get a ride home home with his bike if he had an issue.

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Re:Self-driving Waymos secure final clearance for expansion ... by kjkjadksj on Saturday June 22, 2024 @12:47PM (#40760336)
What I found is a hack for cycling on LA streets is just taking the entire lane. It makes it feel like there are actually bike lanes everywhere. It forces the drivers to pass by merging vs squeezing you out. They honk and cuss no matter what you do so you might as well do what makes you most safe and visible to other traffic.
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