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Re:Waymo says expecting driverless taxis to stay out of bike... by Rebelgecko on Thursday April 30, 2026 @01:26AM (#47958508)
>I don't know where in California you live that nobody stops at the stop signs, but I lived in LA and cars generally stop at those

When did you live in LA? Especially coming out of COVID lockdowns, what you're saying is not consistent with my daily experience. It's relatively uncommon for cars to actually stop (to the point that when Waymo initially rolled out in LA, people would get mad and honk at them for stopping!)

I tried to keep a count on my commute today. I think I saw 3 cars come to a complete stop (and in each case it was because someone was already in the intersection). On the flip side, dozens of cars blew through stop signs (and red lights!). It may get garbled by Youtube compression, but here's a pretty representative clip of 3 drivers running a stop sign back-to-back-to-back: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z6fFnDzfv8

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Re:Waymo says expecting driverless taxis to stay out of bike... by pandaman on Thursday April 30, 2026 @08:41AM (#47961543)
I lived in West LA and Santa Monica. And, as your clip shows, drivers will blow stop signs regardless if there is a bicycle or not. Imagine you tried to enter that intersection from the cross street on a bike without stopping, obscured by the fence? Even at that speed you'd could receive some heavy damage.
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