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Re:Waymo halts service during S.F. blackout after causing tr... by jjav on Sunday December 21, 2025 @01:32PM (#46346990)
> > There's a whole set of law driver's are supposed to follow for handling failed traffic lights.

> And they don’t, it’s chaos.

Do you live in areas where traffic lights go out regularly?

Because for human driver it is a non-issue. It becomes an all-way stop and you take turns, it is easy. Traffic throughput slows down a bit, but nothing approaching chaos about it. If waymo can't deal with this, that's a problem.

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Re:Waymo halts service during S.F. blackout after causing tr... by JumpCrisscross on Sunday December 21, 2025 @02:16PM (#46347416)
> for human driver it is a non-issue

Genuine question, do we have data for accident rates in traffic-lights-out intersections?

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Re:Waymo halts service during S.F. blackout after causing tr... by bombcar on Sunday December 21, 2025 @05:54PM (#46349459)
If I remember my research correctly, accident rates go up but fatalities and injuries go way down.
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