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Anecdotally, this is a lesson I too had to learn, almost the hard way. The closest I've ever come to accidents in city driving is with municipal buses. City bus
by Tenhundfeld 11y ago
Anecdotally, this is a lesson I too had to learn, almost the hard way. The closest I've ever come to accidents in city driving is with municipal buses. City buses seem to drive as though they always have the right of way, and other cars will always get out of their way.
Coming from a smaller, more suburban area, I learned to recalibrate my driving to be more aggressive in larger cities (primarily NYC & DC), to hold my own against pushy taxis, etc. Most city drivers kind of bluff, and if you show you're not falling for it, they'll stay out of your way.
But city buses don't bluff. If they start pulling into your lane, even if clearly cutting you off, you better slam on those brakes, because that bus is not stopping. It's one of those unwritten rules you learn, at least in my experience driving in major East Coast cities.
I can see how it'd be hard to train AI that you have adjust the driving style depending your locale and for specific types of non-emergency vehicles.
I'm not making an argument here, really just sharing a chuckle about the crash involving a city bus.
- michaelt 11y agoBut city buses don't bluff. If they start pulling into your lane, even if clearly cutting you off, you better slam on those brakes, because that bus is not stopping. Bus drivers would learn just like you did if there were a few thousand unmanned cars whose programming assumed every other driver would follow the law :)
- influx 11y agoReminds me of this story: http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/fd667/while_riding_the_bus_yesterday_an_inside_joke_was/ http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/fd667/while_ridi...
- sib 11y agoThe city buses effectively do have the right of way, at least in the sense that, if you have an accident with a city bus, you are going to be considered at fault, rules notwithstanding.