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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Respecting the property of waymo is too high a bar.
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Legally allowed, sure. “Welcome” is a stretch. lol
But drivers must love having cyclists share the lane with them: obviously, they oppose bike lanes because they can’t bear to be separated from us!
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Then Waymo shouldnt be surprised if cyclists destroy their vehicles because they can’t obey traffic regulations and observe basic human safety
I wonder if the cars detect a flat or if they keep driving with one, or more…
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Doesn’t this kind of lock them out from a lot of markets?
Seems like admitting defeat on self driving, you know the one we were suppose to have 8 years ago
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Now tell them how cyclists are technically entitled to the entire lane, but how that actually plays out is highly dynamic and relies on communication
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Doesn’t this kind of lock them out from a lot of markets?
Seems like admitting defeat on self driving, you know the one we were suppose to have 8 years ago
I don’t think that’s how it works. Decision-makers are rarely that principled. Instead, it’ll just part of the downsides “everyone needs to accept” as a tradeoff for this “inevitable technological progress”.
Kranzberg’s “laws” of technology would like to say something here, but decision-makers can’t hear them over all the lobybing.
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I wonder if the cars detect a flat or if they keep driving with one, or more…
They surely detect flats, all modern cars are filled with sensors and do that. The question is more how many flats do they need to detect before calling for help.
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