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I look at it is this way: Being on the cutting edge is hard, and the most impactful lessons are learned from your failures. Waymo and others will fix these things. You have to remember that it's easy to follow, and considerably harder to lead. So credit where it's due. Today's failures drive better outcomes tomorrow.
I look forward to the day when autonomous vehicles can be purchased that actually work = no licensed driver required. It will return independence to the elderly and disabled, free parents from being taxi drivers, as well as autonomously run simple errands for picking things up at retailers and such. Hopefully they'll advance to that point by the time I advance to the point of needing one.
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I look forward to the day that autonomous vehicles can be purchased that actually work = no licensed driver required. It will return independence to the elderly and disabled, free parents from being taxi drivers, as well as autonomously run simple errands for picking things up at retailers and such. Hopefully they'll advance to that point by the time I advance to the point of needing one.
That is what I'm actually hoping for but I doubt it will materialize in the way we want it to.
As is these self driving cars need better models to keep them out of people's way while training. Student drivers don't hold people up like these can....
That is what I'm actually hoping for but I doubt it will materialize in the way we want it to.
As is these self driving cars need better models to keep them out of people's way while training. Student drivers don't hold people up like these can....
Yeah, traffic management systems are deigned around analog drivers. So-called autonomous (digital) drivers attempting to adapt to an analog system will be plagued until that significantly changes.
Last edited by ChattanoogaPhil; May 22, 2026 at 05:09 AM.
I was behind one a few months back here in Miami and had to make a right turn on to US1 going north here in southern Miami-Dade County at about SW 98th Street, but it had a problem pulling out into the intersection to go left and south. For some reasons it did not realize there were a bunch of cars behind it wanting to go right and only moved out enough into the intersection when the light was about to change red. I realized something was up not seeing any driver in it. Not that humans do not do this and certainly was legal to do, but not sure a honk or lights would have gotten it moving a bit further out into the intersection earlier.
I've done waymo a few times in SF and I haven't had any issues. Main thing is people are pretty aggressive around them because they're overly cautious with rights on reds