Re:Human drivers are to blame for most serious Waymo collisions
by tracerbulletx on Thursday September 12, 2024 @12:06AM
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how so? driving around sf is way harder. its rainy foggy weird blind turns and alleys and steep gradients, cars and pedestrians coming from all directions, stop lights, unusual parking demands...
Re:Human drivers are to blame for most serious Waymo collisions
by Sad90sNerd on Thursday September 12, 2024 @12:22AM
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Its the speed. It makes a huge difference in survivability even though there are less accidents.
That aside, the entire premise of this article is a bit silly. Yes, in a perfect world for these cars traffic and people would behave as expected, but just because someone technically hit you (from the side or from behind) doesn't mean it couldn't have been avoided and that failure at avoidance (I would consider) a fail.
[1] https://www.wawanesa.com/us/blog/driving-on-roads-or-highway... [2] https://www.iii.org/fact-statistic/facts-statistics-highway-...
I remember reading that these Waymo cars haven't been allowed onto highways until now. If thats true I wonder how that will change these statistics since that dramatically increases the need for the vehicle to think and perform...