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Er, this was reported by waymo themselves nearly two years ago: https://waymo.com/blog/2024/05/fleet-response https://waymo.com/blog/2024/05/fleet-response

by eykanal 8mo ago

stcredzero 8mo ago
It's been speculated: Is this why there was that debacle with multiple Waymos in intersections during the recent blackout?
- yorwba 8mo ago
  Waymo reported that too: https://waymo.com/blog/2025/12/autonomously-navigating-the-real-world https://waymo.com/blog/2025/12/autonomously-navigating-the-r... While the Waymo Driver is designed to handle dark traffic signals as four-way stops, it may occasionally request a confirmation check to ensure it makes the safest choice. While we successfully traversed more than 7,000 dark signals on Saturday, the outage created a concentrated spike in these requests. This created a backlog that, in some cases, led to response delays contributing to congestion on already-overwhelmed streets.
WarmWash 8mo ago
Anything for a clickable headline...
simonw 8mo ago
Nothing about the Philippines in that.
- ddol 8mo ago
  Why does it matter if fleet response sit in Manilla, Miami or Milan? Surely what matters is the architecture: > The Waymo Driver evaluates the input from fleet response and independently remains in control of driving. Waymo tell us that fleet response agents can only provide waypoint suggestions, they don't have steer-by-wire remote control of the vehicle.
  - mothballed 8mo ago
    Kids in the PI are much better at paying attention to traffic, because it is utter fucking chaos in Manila, routing by a school is not particularly interesting. So they might feel better about providing waypoint near a school in the US than an American person would -- not realizing US children are comparatively retarded to Filipino children in dealing with traffic.
    - exidy 8mo ago
      I'm sure no ill intent on your part but referring to the Philippines as "The PI" (short for The Philippine Islands as it was known under US colonial administration) is roughly equivalent to calling Thailand "Siam" or Sri Lanka "Ceylon". Since 1946 the country has simply been known as the Philippines, officially "the Republic of the Philippines" and the ISO 3166 code is PH.
      - jjpones 8mo ago
        As a (somewhat younger) Filipino, I didn't even know there was any basis in calling my country "The PI". Well now I know.
        exidy 8mo ago
        It's a direct translation of Las Islas Filipinas which dates it back to the Spanish colonial era.
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  - readthenotes1 8mo ago
    I'd trust Manilla drivers over Miami drivers any day. They are tempered in a hotter furnace
    - fragmede 8mo ago
      Having been to all three, driving in Miami and San Francisco is child's play compared to driving in Manila. Driving in Asia is a whole other ball game. There are no rules, and honking is a "hey I'm here" every couple of minutes. LA freeway raffic ain't got nothing on Manilla.

Er, this was reported by waymo themselves nearly two years ago: https://waymo.com/blog/2024/05/fleet-response https://waymo.com/blog/2024/05/fleet-response

by eykanal 8mo ago

Er, this was reported by waymo themselves nearly two years ago: https://waymo.com/blog/2024/05/fleet-response https://waymo.com/blog/2024/05/fleet-response

stcredzero 8mo ago

It's been speculated: Is this why there was that debacle with multiple Waymos in intersections during the recent blackout?

yorwba 8mo ago
Waymo reported that too: https://waymo.com/blog/2025/12/autonomously-navigating-the-real-world https://waymo.com/blog/2025/12/autonomously-navigating-the-r... While the Waymo Driver is designed to handle dark traffic signals as four-way stops, it may occasionally request a confirmation check to ensure it makes the safest choice. While we successfully traversed more than 7,000 dark signals on Saturday, the outage created a concentrated spike in these requests. This created a backlog that, in some cases, led to response delays contributing to congestion on already-overwhelmed streets.

WarmWash 8mo ago

Anything for a clickable headline...

simonw 8mo ago

Nothing about the Philippines in that.

ddol 8mo ago
Why does it matter if fleet response sit in Manilla, Miami or Milan? Surely what matters is the architecture: > The Waymo Driver evaluates the input from fleet response and independently remains in control of driving. Waymo tell us that fleet response agents can only provide waypoint suggestions, they don't have steer-by-wire remote control of the vehicle.
- mothballed 8mo ago
  Kids in the PI are much better at paying attention to traffic, because it is utter fucking chaos in Manila, routing by a school is not particularly interesting. So they might feel better about providing waypoint near a school in the US than an American person would -- not realizing US children are comparatively retarded to Filipino children in dealing with traffic.
  - exidy 8mo ago
    I'm sure no ill intent on your part but referring to the Philippines as "The PI" (short for The Philippine Islands as it was known under US colonial administration) is roughly equivalent to calling Thailand "Siam" or Sri Lanka "Ceylon". Since 1946 the country has simply been known as the Philippines, officially "the Republic of the Philippines" and the ISO 3166 code is PH.
    - jjpones 8mo ago
      As a (somewhat younger) Filipino, I didn't even know there was any basis in calling my country "The PI". Well now I know.
      - exidy 8mo ago
        It's a direct translation of Las Islas Filipinas which dates it back to the Spanish colonial era.
    - deleted 8mo ago
      [deleted]
- readthenotes1 8mo ago
  I'd trust Manilla drivers over Miami drivers any day. They are tempered in a hotter furnace
  - fragmede 8mo ago
    Having been to all three, driving in Miami and San Francisco is child's play compared to driving in Manila. Driving in Asia is a whole other ball game. There are no rules, and honking is a "hey I'm here" every couple of minutes. LA freeway raffic ain't got nothing on Manilla.