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If you look in to why Waymo started “full self driving” in Arizona and, now, San Francisco it’s because the cars cannot even drive in light rain and the entire
by Fezzik 5y ago
If you look in to why Waymo started “full self driving” in Arizona and, now, San Francisco it’s because the cars cannot even drive in light rain and the entire fleet is garaged with even mild inclement weather. We are still lightyears away from actual self-driving cars that can manage variable weather and even slightly-unpredictable terrain.
- randmeerkat 5y ago> If you look in to why Waymo started “full self driving” in Arizona and, now, San Francisco it’s because the cars cannot even drive in light rain and the entire fleet is garaged with even mild inclement weather. We are still lightyears away from actual self-driving cars that can manage variable weather and even slightly-unpredictable terrain. It rains in SF and there’s even fog… The fog’s name is Karl by the way. It’s also an old coastal city that doesn’t have a sane layout that you might expect from a test area like Arizona. SF is not an easy challenge and there are plenty of self-driving startups that have tried there and failed.
- thereare5lights 5y ago> It rains in SF It hasn't rained regularly for years. We're in a bad drought, or as some other people put it, a new normal of very little rainfall.
- rrrrrrrrrrrryan 5y agoSelf-driving cars that "only" work on non-rainy days = self-driving cars available 90%+ of the time in sunbelt states. I have no idea why people minimize level 4 self driving. It would absolutely be enough for most people in those geofenced areas/cities to no longer need a car, would massively drive down drunk-driving deaths, and would be a huge benefit for the blind, the elderly, the rural poor, children, etc.