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Waymo granted permit to begin testing in New York City

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597 points achristmascarl | 1 comments | 22 Aug 25 17:02 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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the-rc ◴[22 Aug 25 17:27 UTC] No.44987227[source]▶
I saw one of these on Chambers Street just yesterday afternoon, but it must have been in manual mode, of course.
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nine_k ◴[22 Aug 25 17:30 UTC] No.44987261[source]▶
Downtown Manhattan is the hardest-to-navigate area of NYC. I thought they would start somewhere in Midtown, where the grid is regular, streets wide, and demand for taxis still pretty high.
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1. ryoshu ◴[22 Aug 25 18:41 UTC] No.44988179[source]▶
Midtown on a busy Saturday or Sunday afternoon with a driverless vehicle would be... amusing. No one-including busses-give af about traffic rules.