Waymo robotaxi hits a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica

Re:Waymo robotaxi hits a child near an elementary school in ... by recursive on Thursday January 29, 2026 @12:28PM (#46813360)

That doesn't mean it can't be solved. Don't drive faster than you can see. If you're driving 6 feet from a parked car, you can go slow enough to stop assuming a worst case of a sprinter waiting to leap out at every moment.

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Re:Waymo robotaxi hits a child near an elementary school in ... by crazygringo on Thursday January 29, 2026 @12:44PM (#46813603)

If we adopted that level of risk, we'd have 5mph speed limits on every street with parking. As a society, we've decided that's overly cautious.

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Re:Waymo robotaxi hits a child near an elementary school in ... by mhast on Thursday January 29, 2026 @01:20PM (#46814159)

But with waymos it would be possible. Mark those streets as "extremely slow" and never go there unless you are dropping someone off. (The computer has more patience than human drivers.)

If that's too annoying then bad parking by school areas so the situation doesn't happen.

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Re:Waymo robotaxi hits a child near an elementary school in ... by crazygringo on Thursday January 29, 2026 @01:25PM (#46814233)

I don't know if you've been to some cities or neighborhoods but almost every street has on-street parking in many of them.

And why would you make Waymo's go slower than human drivers, when it's the human drivers with worse reaction times? I had interpreted the suggestion as applying to all drivers.

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