Waymo granted permit to begin testing in New York City

Re:Waymo granted permit to begin testing in New York City by infecto on Friday August 22, 2025 @02:56PM (#44988394)

My point was that it will be interesting to see how well it works in NYC where the only way to drive is aggressively in city streets breaking the rules. LA has its share of aggressive driving but as someone who has driven in both, NYC felt like I had to break the rules to go anywhere, LA not so much.

Hard to really compare a tiny piece of LA and say it’s more dense and compare it to borough that is in the same range but also magnitudes larger total pop.

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Re:Waymo granted permit to begin testing in New York City by kenhwang on Friday August 22, 2025 @04:15PM (#44989286)

Not sure why you have the impression Waymos follow written driving rules. Here in LA they break every rule that LA drivers would with the aggressiveness to match. It really does seem like they try to make them drive as "human" as possible, with all the typical behavior found in the locale. I can't imagine it'd be any different in NYC.

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Re:Waymo granted permit to begin testing in New York City by infecto on Friday August 22, 2025 @06:20PM (#44990575)

My experiences have been different with Waymo. It drives with far less aggression than NYC, like I already said. It will be interesting to see as I see NYC as an interesting challenge.

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