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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: 0.02s | 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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1. orangea ◴[22 Aug 25 20:17 UTC] No.44989308[source]▶
Don't you think that the vast majority of dangerous human drivers would be perfectly capable of changing their behavior during a driving test? Even without any malicious intent most people would be more careful during a test.
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2. pb7 ◴[22 Aug 25 20:32 UTC] No.44989472[source]▶
No, I don't actually. Can't turn off stupid.
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3. overfeed ◴[22 Aug 25 20:56 UTC] No.44989708[source]▶
I want a camera on every traffic light and stop light - or better, cameras on a random 20% subset of intersections. The system would automatically flag infractions for human review. Combined with docking points off people's licenses and/or fines based on income/wealth percentage, this would be a decent deterrent.
4. beeflet ◴[23 Aug 25 02:49 UTC] No.44992638[source]▶
You can turn on drunk