In a pivotal moment for the autonomous transportation industry, California chose to expand one of the biggest test cases for the technology.

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    1 year ago

    When I worked on Google’s Waymo project, we only had a small handful of our cars involved in any collision on public roads. And every single one of them was from a human driver running into the SDC. I dunno if that’s changed since I left, but even in the early stages, SDCs are remarkably safe compared to human drivers.

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      And every single one of them was from a human driver running into the SDC

      Yea, me too. I’m such a good driver, others are crashing into me every day…

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      Cruise has hit an oncoming car, smashed into the back of a Muni bus, and is constantly stopping in emergency zones making first responders lives harder.

      7 hours of debate of the community making it clear how much they don’t want this, how much the city’s leaders don’t want this, but the state doesn’t give a shit.

      They may be “safe” because they avoid difficult maneuvers and only drive like 25-30mph, but that doesn’t mean they’re practical or should be welcome in our cities.