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

Re:Waymo robotaxi hits a child near an elementary school in ... by jerlam on Thursday January 29, 2026 @01:26PM (#46814242)

I am not sure. Self-driving is complex and involves the behavior of other, non-automated actors. This is not like a compression algorithm where things are easily testable and verifiable. If Waymos start behaving extra-oddly in school zones, it may lead to other accidents where drivers attempt to go around the "broken" Waymo and crash into it, other pedestrians, or other vehicles.

I know Tesla FSD is its own thing, but crowdsourced results show that FSD updates often increase the amount of disengagements (errors):

https://electrek.co/2025/03/23/tesla-full-self-driving-stagn...

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Re:Waymo robotaxi hits a child near an elementary school in ... by sowbug on Thursday January 29, 2026 @01:45PM (#46814565)

And we haven't reached the point where people start walking straight into the paths of cars, either obliviously or defiantly. https://www.youtube.com/shorts/nVEDebSuEUs

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Re:Waymo robotaxi hits a child near an elementary school in ... by jerlam on Thursday January 29, 2026 @03:37PM (#46816231)

There are already anecdotes of people aggressively jaywalking in front of a Waymo because they know it will stop, and people driving more aggressively around Waymos because it will always defer to them.

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