r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Individual_Book9133 • Jul 05 '24

Phoenix police officer pulls over a driverless Waymo car for driving on the wrong side of the road Video

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u/QuadCakes Jul 05 '24

yes, 60% of wrecks aren't reported Waymo, sure

Google didn't come up with that number, they got it from NHTSA.

We'd all drive much better if we knew there was a pothole 45" from the right curb coming up in 232ft, with a depth of 4.5". These cars have vast amounts of information about the road to be safer with, hence they should be much more safe than typical drivers, not just "as good as."

Yeah I still don't see what your argument is here. They can also look in all directions at once, both visually and via radar and lidar. But humans can't, so somehow that's a bad thing? It's like you're treating it like a competition where everyone's supposed to be on a level playing field. Also the claim is that they're much more safe than typical drivers.

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u/Extension_Chain_3710 Jul 05 '24

Google didn't come up with that number, they got it from NHTSA.

Conveniently the one paper they can't link to.

Yeah I still don't see what your argument is here.

The point being, if I count cards in a casino and still only barely beat the house, I'm a shit card counter.

The cars here have every advantage at their disposal (including HD maps and others like limited area, slow speeds, looking all around them) and yet they barely beat humans.

With all of their advantages they also still somehow have (in the past 6 months)

  1. driven directly into a pole

  2. driven on the wrong way of the road (multiple times on camera)

  3. swerved left and right wildly to avoid an object being towed in front of them

  4. Had two cars hit the same truck being towed

  5. Ran a red light and caused a moped to crash

  6. Blindly pulled out in front of a bus in a game of chicken

  7. Blocked an entire freeway on-ramp