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Waymo robotaxis are now giving rides on freeways in LA, SF and Phoenix

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277 points nharada | 2 comments | 12 Nov 25 16:06 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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greesil ◴[12 Nov 25 16:57 UTC] 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 ◴[12 Nov 25 17:01 UTC] No.45902583[source]▶
Waymo continues to improve every year, but dumb drivers never will.
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1. krainboltgreene ◴[12 Nov 25 19:38 UTC] No.45905200[source]▶
Weird, because per capita deaths leveled off in the 1930's and declined from that plateau in '70's to lows in the 2010's.

Did we get less dumb drivers starting in the '70's?

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2. macintux ◴[12 Nov 25 19:43 UTC] No.45905302[source]▶
Deaths and accidents are different measurements. Cars are much safer in an accident than they were in the early/middle 20th century.

Per-mile-driven deaths started climbing again around 2012 in the U.S., I'd wager due to the trend towards larger vehicles causing more collateral damage.