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having been stuck behind both Waymo and Cruise cars.. I don't like either. the worst is when you're stuck in a one way street, and the car just happily stays i
by moomoo11 3y ago
having been stuck behind both Waymo and Cruise cars.. I don't like either.
the worst is when you're stuck in a one way street, and the car just happily stays immobile with blinkers on. one time I was stuck (along with at least half a dozen other cars that I could see) for almost 40 minutes.
i'm sure you had a good experience as a rider, but i've had a horrible experience multiple times as a city commuter.
- ericbarrett 3y ago> the worst is when you're stuck in a one way street, and the car just happily stays immobile with blinkers on. I think in a lot of cities a car doing this would end up upside-down on the adjacent sidewalk, self-driving or not.
- seanmcdirmid 3y agoThis happens where I live without robo taxis: we have a lot of effectively one way residential streets (one way because parking is allowed on both sides, not because the street is really one way). And some delivery truck will just stop on the road, put their blinkers on, and make their deliveries. Sometimes it’s an actual moving truck, you need to reverse out of the street somehow, but if someone is behind you, your stuck.
- moomoo11 3y agoSure at least that was actual commerce or something meaningful happened. Here it was just empty car sitting in the middle for 40 minutes.
- hgsgm 3y agoWhat was it doing? Waiting for a safe chance to turn? After 5 minutes, call the police.
- saulpw 3y agoThe police, hah. What are they going to do, shoot it?