Expecting driverless taxis to respect bike lanes “too high a bar” – because customers want to be dropped off in them, autonomous vehicle firm Waymo tells cyclists
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Waymo, the autonomous driving tech firm whose so-called ‘robo-taxis’ are now roaming the streets of London, has told cycling campaigners that expecting their driverless cars to respect cycle lanes is “too high a bar” – because their customers want to be dropped off in them.According to the Highway Code, motorists “must not drive or park ... Read more
  • village604@adultswim.fanEnglish
    65·
    3 days ago

    But Waymo taxis are demonstrably safer than human drivers.

    Maybe you’re thinking of Tesla who’s significantly worse than human drivers because they ditched LIDAR.

    • wpb@lemmy.worldEnglish
      121·
      3 days ago

      But Waymo taxis are demonstrably safer than human drivers.

      … says research paid for by Waymo.

      I know critical thinking skills are in short supply these days, but come on.

      • Elextra@literature.cafe
        English
        22·
        3 days ago

        I made a previous post about this. Anecdotally, I’ve seen numerous human drivers hit pedestrians in SF. Number of Waymos hitting humans that I have seen in local news or in person, none.

        They are very very conservative with their driving in SF but can still navigate SFs complex streets (I.e. when a doordash is parallel parked theyre very good at driving around them).

        • village604@adultswim.fanEnglish
          8·
          3 days ago

          That’s why you have to standardize the statistics.

          Humans are responsible for more total pedestrian crashes than robo taxis simply because there’s more human drivers on the road.

          Although the standardized statistics agree with your anecdotal observations in this case.

          • TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zipEnglish
            22·
            3 days ago

            I don’t know why you are trying to defend human drivers so much. I share the road whit them every day and I hope to fucking God they all get replaced with robots soon.

    • bryndos@fedia.io
      31·
      2 days ago

      Sofas are even safer, but sofas should fuck off out of the bike lane too. And out of the bus lane too, but that’s never going to happen.