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California DMV approves map increase in Waymo driverless operations

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207 points NullHypothesist | 1 comments | 21 Nov 25 22:52 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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alooPotato ◴[21 Nov 25 23:46 UTC] No.46010482[source]▶
why is there an approved map? like i get having a pilot somewhere but once that goes well (and we're way past that point), why isn't it just blanket approval everywhere. Why would one county be allowed waymos but not another.

I get that they might not be approved in the high sierras but just make that a deny list not allow list. Or even just deny the specific conditions you're worried about (snow).

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1. sbuttgereit ◴[22 Nov 25 00:13 UTC] No.46010681[source]▶
More of the state is not allowed than is... at least by geography.

Also, there's a practical element. If I have to specify where they can't go, the default position is they can go anywhere... if I inadvertently leave an area out of my black-list where it really ought to exist: the default is "permission granted". With a white-list, the worst case is a forgotten or neglected area can't be operated in as a default and the AV provider will have an interest in correcting.

But also politics. It's a very different message to say we're going to white-list a given AV operator to exist in different areas vs. black-listing them from certain areas.