Waymo achieves 92% reduction in bodily injury claims compared to human drivers

Re:Waymo achieves 92% reduction in bodily injury claims comp... by mulmen on Friday December 20, 2024 @06:44AM (#42470306)

Ah I see, like merging on to a freeway. In Washington the law is actually to zipper merge (take turns) so I would expect Waymo to do that.

It’s a good question and I’m not sure what Waymo would do there. Based on my limited experience I expect it would navigate that situation correctly. The bias is to go (safely), not wait for perfect conditions.

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Re:Waymo achieves 92% reduction in bodily injury claims comp... by necovek on Friday December 20, 2024 @07:06AM (#42470411)

Thanks for the term as well ("zipper merge") — that's what I was referring to.

Yeah, I really wonder how it'd fare in that case while differentiating between "there are just 3 cars there, no need to yield" and "it's an infinite inflow of traffic, better yield to one car"?

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Re:Waymo achieves 92% reduction in bodily injury claims comp... by mulmen on Friday December 20, 2024 @07:15AM (#42470468)

My Waymo ride was in LA. They aren’t operating on freeways there yet. Maybe this is one of the challenges.

Apparently they do operate on freeways in San Francisco so maybe someone who has taken a ride there can share their experience.

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