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Did they try those cars during winter? In typical spring conditions where you have wet ice and wet snow on the road and road markings aren't visible. Oh right
by zirgs 3y ago
Did they try those cars during winter? In typical spring conditions where you have wet ice and wet snow on the road and road markings aren't visible.
Oh right - those don't happen in California.
- resolutebat 3y agoThe article is not asserting that self-driving cars are always better than humans, but simply that in controlled conditions in SF/Phoenix, they seem to be doing a better job than humans. This is already pretty amazing. Yes, many places are harder to drive in than SF and Phoenix, but they're harder for humans too, and Waymo & co will continue to get better as they get more training data, better sensors, and bugs get fixed.
- aworks 3y ago1976 was the last time it snowed in San Francisco. I wonder if the Waymo software has logic for precipitation/temperature i.e. shut it down. I'm guessing it requires human intervention although hopefully in a timely manner.
- ghaff 3y ago>Oh right - those don't happen in California. It does actually. You just have to go into the mountains.
- zirgs 3y agoDid they test those cars in those mountains?