- cross-posted to:
- energia
- cross-posted to:
- energia
Wapo journalist verifies that robotaxis fail to stop for pedestrians in marked crosswalk 7 out of 10 times. Waymo admitted that it follows “social norms” rather than laws.
The reason is likely to compete with Uber, 🤦
Wapo article: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/12/30/waymo-pedestrians-robotaxi-crosswalks/
Cross-posted from: https://mastodon.uno/users/rivoluzioneurbanamobilita/statuses/113746178244368036
“The squeaky hinge gets the grease”
“The nail that sticks out farthest vets the hammer first”
These are metaphors to say “since Waymo is the one doing things like driverless taxis all over a city, they’re getting news stories and social media posts”
Yes, things like Tesla suck too. But tesla isn’t operating a “driverless taxi” service. Yet.
I’m sure that as something advertised as “driverless” that tesla’s owner gets pissy about it and probably feeds into negative press against them, but that doesn’t excuse what they do.
Tesla sells an “autopilot” and make consumers think you don’t need to drive.
Waymo didn’t caused any death yet, and when any piece of media I seen that wasn’t a charge against Waymo, they behaved extremely well compared to the average driver.