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I saw a report on the news this morning that Uber was going to be rolling out similar service in Boston "within the next 3-4 months". I hope the Farmer's Alman
by douche 10y ago
I saw a report on the news this morning that Uber was going to be rolling out similar service in Boston "within the next 3-4 months".
I hope the Farmer's Almanac is wrong, or else we will get an interesting test of how self-driving cars perform in severe ice and snow conditions.
- emodendroket 10y agoI'll let other people ride those first.
- maxerickson 10y agoWho knows about visibility problems but new vehicles in the US are already required to hand control of traction to a computer, because the computer is better at it than at least the majority of humans.
- akgerber 10y agoPittsburgh's weather isn't exactly mild. And its roadways are profoundly complex, both due to very steep topography and due to being a city trying to keep up extensive infrastructure after losing half its population. Examples: https://goo.gl/maps/gkJNuHFntgv https://goo.gl/maps/gkJNuHFntgv https://goo.gl/maps/F5eTFCnDgV92 https://goo.gl/maps/F5eTFCnDgV92
- MicroBerto 10y agoYeah, I'll sit on the sidelines while they figure the whole snow thing out. But in the summer and warm weather climates, this will come faster than anyone imagines. Things tend to move fast when billions of dollars in profits are at stake.