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Waymo Robo-Taxi Kills Dog in San Francisco, DMV Report Says
- JoeAltmaier 3y agoSaw the dog too late to respond safely. Just like a responsible human driver. Maybe better than a human driver. We'll have to legislate what auto-drivers are responsible for, to avoid nuisance lawsuits etc just because they're robots. E.g. expected response times, expected accident-avoidance behaviors.
- readonthegoapp 3y ago> The Waymo AV then made contact with the dog The Waymo car squished the dog's head like a pimple, killing it. This is somewhat obvious, but 25 MPH in a city scenario is way too fast. From a robot car in beta, experimenting on live animals, it's way way too fast. 20 MPH (~30 kph) is what they use in europe - that sounds better for city speed limits. Robot cars in beta should not be allowed to move more than 2 mph in the city. If they can prove they are safe -- if -- they maybe we can let them start to move a bit faster. The reason that humans are allowed to drive and maim and terrorize and kill in the city is not a valid reason to allow robots to do the same -- we should disallow humans from doing it as well. And we should start but putting governors on all cars and have them auto-obey speed limits.