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Re:Waymo driverless cars become trapped in Atlanta suburb af... by abr0ahm on Friday May 15, 2026 @07:54PM (#48155443)
I wonder what would cause this to all happen at a single location. If it's a "routing issue" like they said, it wouldn't make sense for all the cars to get stuck in a single spot like that.

I wonder if the radial symmetry and small radius of the cul-de-sac poses a challenge for GPS and lidar localization.

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Re:Waymo driverless cars become trapped in Atlanta suburb af... by berkeleyjunk on Friday May 15, 2026 @09:15PM (#48155880)
I ended up seeing a video of this and it looked like the neighbors placed one of those lime green kid cutouts in the cul-de-sac and it seems to have confused the Waymos.
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