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Re:Waymo says expecting driverless taxis to stay out of bike... by watwut on Sunday April 26, 2026 @04:12PM (#47913774)
> 1) Be the only ones to follow the letter of the law, break a lot of people's expectations, and catch backlash for disrupting traffic.

Plenty of drives dont use bike lanes. So, no, this is false issue. Waymo can simply act like literal majority of the drivers.

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Re:Waymo says expecting driverless taxis to stay out of bike... by SR2Z on Sunday April 26, 2026 @04:29PM (#47914015)
...I don't know why you think that a majority of drivers respect bike lanes. They don't. Nearly every driver has parked a car in a bike lane at some point. At least in the US it's uncontroversial - the bike lanes tend to be so poorly designed and thought out that it's much easier for cars to use them than cyclists.
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Re:Waymo says expecting driverless taxis to stay out of bike... by watwut on Monday April 27, 2026 @03:10AM (#47918588)
I think majority respect them, because I drive bike in a city that is not exactly friendly to that. The situation is, some people break into them regularly, most dont.
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