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I suspect if they wanted, Cruise and Waymo could easily have their fleet shuttle back and forth from SF to LA to just rack up miles, but exactly nobody would be

I suspect if they wanted, Cruise and Waymo could easily have their fleet shuttle back and forth from SF to LA to just rack up miles, but exactly nobody would be impressed. A huge percentage of accidents occur around intersections, and intersections are rare on the longest stretches of road. I wish it was possible to measure safety as incidents per stops. That is, the number of accidents that occur per number of times the vehicle comes to a full stop. It's not perfect but it gives another good signal.

mint2 3y ago
Egads that would be something - cars slamming on their brakes going 25 in the city and then blocking traffic is one thing. now imagine it happens at 70 mph on i5 because a tumble weed blows by, of which I’ve seen plenty, and it takes the company 3 hours for the driver to get out there. Or similar for the usual construction temp lane closer. There’s a reason they don’t test on I-5 with their current tech.