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greesil ◴[] No.45902531[source]
I have seen a Waymo do a very stupid thing where it darted across a busy street, and it left very little margin of error for the oncoming traffic, which happened to be a loaded dump truck that could not have stopped. The dump truck driver was clearly surprised. It was a move that I never would have made as a driver. Did they dial the aggression up? I'm sure they're safer than humans in aggregate as there are some dumb humans out there but it's not infallible.
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brokencode ◴[] No.45902583[source]
Waymo continues to improve every year, but dumb drivers never will.
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izzydata ◴[] No.45902626[source]
It is probably possible to get drivers to improve if the incentives were there or if they had no choice due to external factors. I bet it would be cheaper than money spent on self driving tech too.

Or public transit on a track.

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1. threatofrain ◴[] No.45904018[source]
But the incentives are there. The knowledge is even there. What's left is the sum of all values.