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This and no hills... which means you have lots of options for routes, because everything's on a damn near perfect grid. Which also makes most of the situations
by olyjohn 8y ago
This and no hills... which means you have lots of options for routes, because everything's on a damn near perfect grid. Which also makes most of the situations the car encounters much simpler. No strange 5 way stops, no angled or offset intersections. Not even any curves to have to navigate. More opportunity to make 3 rights instead of a left, which these cars seem to be struggling at.
- dtwest 8y agoSince when does Arizona have no hills? Most states in the US are flatter than Arizona.
- kazinator 8y agoPossibly, the flat image might come from Arizona being flat where a large number of the people live, like Phoenix and its outskirts. Grandparent's "damn near perfect grid" comment also jives with the layout of much of Phoenix.
- benatkin 8y agoPhoenix has interesting geography. I struggled to describe it, so I checked Wikipedia, which has this succinct description: "Other than the mountains in and around the city, the topography of Phoenix is generally flat, allowing the city's main streets to run on a precise grid with wide, open-spaced roadways." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix,_Arizona#Geography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix,_Arizona#Geography