Re:Waymo granted permit to begin testing in New York City
by mgens on Friday August 22, 2025 @03:51PM
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A month ago I saw a Waymo turn left into a tiny alley in Palo Alto and continue at full 25mph speed, which was alarming. I guess the alley is marked as a regular road in the software? Highlights how even if it's safer than humans on average, they need to minimize these weird behaviors in order to get socially accepted and avoid $$$ liability when there is an accident.
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Re:Waymo granted permit to begin testing in New York City
by vesrah on Friday August 22, 2025 @04:14PM
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New speedbumps were installed in a school zone near my housing complex recently, we're a heavy Waymo area and I watched one of them launch itself over one without slowing down.
Re:Waymo granted permit to begin testing in New York City
by potato3732842 on Friday August 22, 2025 @08:05PM
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They installed one of those near my friends house. There's a couple mechanic shops in the vicinity used it for diagnosis while driving exactly the posted speed limit. It lasted about a month until the people who complained it into existence complained it out of existence.