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Tesla Robotaxis Are Crashing More Than 12 Times as Frequently as Human Drivers (www.commondreams.org)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] 6 points 10 months ago (4 children)

And yet WAYMO taxis have been driving through bus stops like it's going out of style. They aren't necessarily better.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Yeah, but I trust Waymo will get their shit together long before that psycho will, if ever.

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  • [–] 4 points 10 months ago

    I think this is a case of the lesser of two evils here. Not being Elon Musk is such a low bar to clear.

    Their statements each time something bad happens with their products don't bear out that things will change in a meaningful way any time soon. There are a lot of reasons I'd never ride in one of these but even putting that to the side, objectively they each seem to have significant problems with implementation that are receiving lip service instead of actual fixes.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago (1 child)

    Waymos were violating a Texas state law that requires cars to stop when a school bus stops, even in 2+ lane roads separated by a paved median, even for traffic going in the opposite direction:

    https://liggettlawgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/School-bus-laws-img-1024x657.png

    The requirements for opposite side traffic in multi-lane roads is pretty rare and might be unique to Texas. And yes, human drivers fuck this up all the time, too, leading to a lot of PSAs in Texas, especially for new residents.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

    A couple of weeks ago a WAYMO Taxi drove through an active crime scene.

    A bit ago they had to patch their taxis firmware to prevent them running down children (something you'd think they already would be programmed to do).

    Passengers have reported being held hostage by their taxi when it stopped suddenly and refused to move.

    There's a laundry list of things that have been wrong with them. Some have had reasonable fixes (and some of those fixes should have been implemented before they were allowed on the road).

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