Expecting driverless taxis to respect bike lanes “too high a bar” – because customers want to be dropped off in them, autonomous vehicle firm Waymo tells cyclists
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Waymo, the autonomous driving tech firm whose so-called ‘robo-taxis’ are now roaming the streets of London, has allegedly told cycling campaigners that expecting their driverless cars to respect cycle lanes is “too high a bar” – because their customers want to be dropped off in them.But Waymo has denied making such a claim, instead pointing ... Read more
  • Phoenixz ( phoenixz@lemmy.ca ) 
    45·
    5 months ago

    expecting driverless taxis to obey the law “too high a bar”

    Okay, so they are not road worthy then and must be prohibited from driving. It is that simple, or at least, it should be. I’m sure google will at least try to grease the gears of justice with some well placed bribes.

    On that note, if I get cut off by a fucking waymo, I will fucking trash it.

  • ThePJN ( ThePJN@sopuli.xyz ) English
    15·
    5 months ago

    If I run a toy RC car into the road and start wreaking havoc, it’s a hazard. If they turn a full sized automobile into an RC car, it’s innovation!

        • yardratianSoma ( yardratianSoma@lemmy.ca ) 
          1·
          5 months ago

          Seeing how much death is caused as a direct consequence of organized hostility to groups outside of the ruling class is sadly a reality that, as low as it is, can’t be ignored.

          There’s evidence about the double standard applied cars as well:

          as study author and environmental psychologist Ian Walker succinctly put it on Twitter, showed that “‘Car Brain’ — the cultural blind spot that makes people apply double standards when they think about driving — is real, measurable and pervasive.”

          article

          • HubertManne ( HubertManne@piefed.social ) English
            2·
            5 months ago

            teh car brain is definately something I don’t get. I have to drive sometimes and absolutely loathe it. I don’t get how blithe people are about the most commonly dangerous thing that is so pervasive in our lives. I wish so much I could live in the city center and that they would make it car free.

      • HubertManne ( HubertManne@piefed.social ) English
        1·
        5 months ago

        You know I had not thought about that. I actually live in a town that does the minimum. While the city has great infratstructure it had signs that said this is a bike route. Recently they got their first lanes and its on the dumbest of streets that only exists for a span and does not get to a boarder. So frustrating as there is a very obvious street to get lanes on. I hope to get them to do that street.

  • SCmSTR ( SCmSTR@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English
    4·
    5 months ago

    Oh, your car can’t follow the law? Then it isn’t allowed on the road.

    Oh, your car broke the law? Owner of the car is liable.

    Oh, your car is avoiding being pulled over? Owner of the car is liable.

    Oh, it’s owned by a company not a person? Owner of the company is liable.

    It’s a fleet car that will never have a driver, put everything on the CEO. And if there isn’t a CEO, pick a random person from the company. And if there ends up not being people at the company, the government now owns them and can do whatever they want with them. And if the government owns a fleet of something that’s dangerous to the public and doesn’t do anything about it, well then the people have a right to ownership.

    If there is no liability, then nobody owns it and it’s up for grabs. Autonomous cars aren’t fucking dragonflies.