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Depends on the conditions. Freshly paved interstate with clear lane markers, light traffic, daytime overcast skies with no rain? Maybe. Driving through a constr
by kingcobraninja 3y ago
Depends on the conditions. Freshly paved interstate with clear lane markers, light traffic, daytime overcast skies with no rain? Maybe. Driving through a construction zones with painted-over lane markers at night, traffic cones knocked into the road, power out, and a police officer directing traffic at an intersection? No.
- Gys 3y ago> Freshly paved interstate The article is specifically about driving in SF. It also states SF is one of US more difficult cities to drive.
- zirgs 3y agoDoes it snow in SF?
- lillecarl 3y agoDo self driving cars have to drive in snowy conditions yet?
- Ekaros 3y agoAbsolutely they do, if they want to be at all usable.
- cwillu 3y agoThere are cities that are not in california, and some of them get snow. Self-driving cars don't have to drive in snowy conditions; indeed, they don't have to drive in any conditions at all. It'd be nice if they could though.
- aworks 3y agoYes, and it was glorious... https://www.sfchronicle.com/projects/san-francisco-snow/ https://www.sfchronicle.com/projects/san-francisco-snow/
- ghaff 3y agoIf you take snow/ice out of the equation--admittedly a big if--it's probably fair that driving in at least many parts of SF are relatively challenging by US city standards for a person to drive in.
- aworks 3y agoFor mechanical reasons as well. My dad was a resident engineer at the Chrysler automatic transmission plant. He would send early production runs of transmissions to cab companies in San Francisco for stress testing...