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You nailed the source of my skepticism as well. I'm sure Waymo has a good self-driving system, but it operates in highly constrained environments. I'm very skep
by macspoofing 2y ago
You nailed the source of my skepticism as well. I'm sure Waymo has a good self-driving system, but it operates in highly constrained environments. I'm very skeptical that if you controlled for all variables, that self-driving today would show a significant safety improvement. But so far, so good.
>- Never exceed the speed limit or follow too closely
I would give credit to Waymo and Self-Driving systems for this. The promise of self-driving is that it won't do stupid things that humans may do that increase chance of accident.
- jfengel 2y agoThose highly-constrained environments are actually the ones that scare me most. There are people and everywhere -- crossing the street, coming out of parking spaces, changing lanes, stopping suddenly. There are signs everywhere, and I'm terrified of missing one, especially since I'm having to keep an eye on all of those other things. Highways are so much easier. Everybody just wants to go straight. They do change lanes, but they usually know it's coming well before.