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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: 0.284s | source
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vinkelhake ◴[22 Aug 25 17:40 UTC] No.44987373[source]▶
I live in the bay and occasionally ride Waymo in SF and I pretty much always have a good time.

I visited NYC a few weeks ago and was instantly reminded of how much the traffic fucking sucks :) While I was there I actually thought of Waymo and how they'd have to turn up the "aggression" slider up to 11 to get anything done there. I mean, could you imagine the audacity of actually not driving into an intersection when the light is yellow and you know you're going to block the crossing traffic?

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setgree ◴[22 Aug 25 17:43 UTC] No.44987402[source]▶
Semi-related, but just once in my life, I want to hear a mayoral candidate say: “I endorse broken windows theory, but for drivers. You honk when there’s no emergency, block the box, roll through a stop sign — buddy that’s a ticket. Do it enough and we’ll impound your car.”

Who knows, maybe we’ll start taking our cues from our polite new robot driver friends…

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polynomial ◴[22 Aug 25 18:40 UTC] No.44988163[source]▶
We don't go after moving violations anymore (in NYC) because the driver might have a bad reaction. True story.
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1. nobody9999 ◴[22 Aug 25 21:03 UTC] No.44989787[source]▶
>We don't go after moving violations anymore (in NYC) because the driver might have a bad reaction. True story.

Who is "we"? And it's not a "true story." In fact, the NYPD issued almost 52,000 moving violation summonses in July 2025 alone and more than 400,000 year to date.[0]

If 400,000 moving violation summonses just this year is your "true story" about moving violations not being issued to avoid "bad reactions", do you believe in the tooth fairy and santa claus as well?

Or are you referring to the policy that NYPD cars shouldn't endanger the lives of everyone by engaging in high-speed chases on city streets?[1] Which is a completely different thing.

[0] https://www.nyc.gov/assets/nypd/downloads/pdf/traffic_data/m...

[1] https://nypost.com/2025/01/15/us-news/nypd-cops-ordered-not-...

Edit: Clarified prose.