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Too bad most roads in Russia are a joke. This will never happen until Russian infrastructure improves; albeit this tech will stay in the huge provinces, Moscow
by virtuexru 9y ago
Too bad most roads in Russia are a joke. This will never happen until Russian infrastructure improves; albeit this tech will stay in the huge provinces, Moscow & St. Petersburg.
- vbezhenar 9y agoThis tech won't be used in small cities, it makes no sense, and big cities usually have good roads.
- lambdadmitry 9y ago1.1mil city, 6th in Russia (Samara), city center (I lived not far from the place) [1] I would argue that's not a "good road". However, GP is right that this is Moscow-only (maybe Saint-Petersburg, too) anyway. [1] https://a.d-cd.net/9661606s-960.jpg https://a.d-cd.net/9661606s-960.jpg
- betaby 9y agoYour link looks like Montreal to me https://www.google.ca/search?q=montreal+nid+de+poule&source=lnms&tbm=isch https://www.google.ca/search?q=montreal+nid+de+poule&source=...
- Grue3 9y agoI live in Russia, and none of the roads outside of Moscow Ring Road have any markings at all. Yes, even big cities. At best the markings are painted in spring and disappear within a few months. Getting autonomous cars to work in these conditions is a huge challenge. There's a famous saying that Russia has two problems: fools and roads, and it's just as true as when it was first coined.
- konart 9y agoWell, that's not true for at least two cities I lived in. St.Petersburg and Cheboksary. Cheboksary always had pretty good roads, even outside the city. But - yeah, this kind of vehicles won't be a thing outside of Moscow for a quite a while.
- clock_tower 9y agoI've always been skeptical of self-driving cars since they seem to be designed for Southern California conditions: clear weather and smooth, well-surfaced, well-marked roads. If Yandex starts out facing less optimized conditions, their self-driving efforts might produce something much more robust, safer, and more useful...