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Waymo granted permit to begin testing in New York City

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597 points achristmascarl | 4 comments | 22 Aug 25 17:02 UTC | HN request time: 0.807s | source
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afcool83 ◴[22 Aug 25 19:20 UTC] No.44988724[source]▶
I live in one of the areas they are actively testing/training in. Their cars consistently behave better and more safely than most human drivers that I’m forced to share the road with.

As semi-autonomous and autonomous cars become the norm, I would adore to see obtaining a drivers license ratchet up in difficulty in order to remove dangerous human drivers from the road.

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gibolt ◴[22 Aug 25 19:34 UTC] No.44988868[source]▶
The real issue is all the current bad drivers. A requirement to start re-testing normal people in addition to the elderly would be a large benefit to society.
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1. HiroshiSan ◴[22 Aug 25 19:41 UTC] No.44988942[source]▶
Yeah the mindset is essentially drive to spec in the test and then skirting the law from then on.
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2. soupfordummies ◴[22 Aug 25 19:44 UTC] No.44988977[source]▶
I think a lot about this (bad drivers) and I’m not really sure how to fix it since I think it’s really a problem of underlying selfishness and perceived-exceptionalism mixed with overestimation of skill.
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3. dgfitz ◴[22 Aug 25 19:48 UTC] No.44989005[source]▶
Nailed it.

Mostly the selfishness part. The whole idea of being courteous with other people on the road just doesn’t exist.

Sadly, this also extends to bicyclists. Entitled instead of courteous.

4. UltraSane ◴[22 Aug 25 22:14 UTC] No.44990508[source]▶
cars can easily be programmed to detect bad driving.