Re:Waymo robotaxi hits a child near an elementary school in ...
by tastyfreeze on Thursday January 29, 2026 @02:34PM
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Also, a different wheel diameter than the speedometer was calibrated with and you will have a larger difference between actual velocity and speedometer reading. The odometer will also not record actual distance traveled.
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Re:Waymo robotaxi hits a child near an elementary school in ...
by sandworm101 on Thursday January 29, 2026 @05:44PM
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It depends. I had a honda motorcycle where the speedo was 10ish % fast (not unussual on bikes due to tire shape) but the odo was accutrate. Same sensor, but the computer just counted wheel rotations slightly differently for each use.
Re:Waymo robotaxi hits a child near an elementary school in ...
by TylerE on Thursday January 29, 2026 @06:55PM
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Virtually all speedos read fast. The federal standards have a fairly high margin for being allowed to read high, and a zero margin for reading low. Thus speedos are more or less universally calibrated to read at least 5% high.