Locals reportedly frustrated with Waymo's self-driving cars
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#2> More than a dozen locals told The Information they they hated the cars
I'm sure you could also find more than a dozen locals who hate other human drivers
Re: Locals reportedly frustrated with Waymo's self-driving cars
#3I'm really curious whether this frustration is truly because of the limitation of the technology(which is totally possible) or because of some sort of cognitive bias/confirmation. Would they feel the same frustration if the van had no decals or visible sensors? Are they more frustrated at the cars more than the other drivers? Community "anger" can be really perplexing like how a community of people were complaining about the ailments from a phone tower when the company already turned off the tower six weeks prior.
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Re: Locals reportedly frustrated with Waymo's self-driving cars
#4I'm really curious whether this frustration is truly because of the limitation of the technology(which is totally possible) or because of some sort of cognitive bias/confirmation. Would they feel the same frustration if the van had no decals or visible sensors? Are they more frustrated at the cars more than the other drivers? Community "anger" can be really perplexing like how a community of people were complaining a…
I’m guessing people see them as surplus unnecessary vehicles adding to the congestion they already experience. The alternative is that they are anti-automation, perhaps.
Re: Locals reportedly frustrated with Waymo's self-driving cars
#5> The anecdotes highlight how challenging it can be for self-driving cars, which are programmed to drive conservatively, to master situations that human drivers can handle with relative ease, like merging or finding a gap in traffic to make a turn.
Human drivers are terrible at both of these. I'm regularly getting stuck behind people who won't make a right turn even as a line of people are making the left turn that shields the turn they're trying to make. I see a lot more promise of computer-driven cars at least being able to improve over time as a group.
Re: Locals reportedly frustrated with Waymo's self-driving cars
#6I'm really curious whether this frustration is truly because of the limitation of the technology(which is totally possible) or because of some sort of cognitive bias/confirmation. Would they feel the same frustration if the van had no decals or visible sensors? Are they more frustrated at the cars more than the other drivers? Community "anger" can be really perplexing like how a community of people were complaining a…
I'm also wondering what part of this is due to them being programmed to follow the letter of the law, instead of driving like other drivers.
Re: Locals reportedly frustrated with Waymo's self-driving cars
#7In other news, old people hate new things.
Re: Locals reportedly frustrated with Waymo's self-driving cars
#8> The company has previously said that it plans to launch a commercial self-driving taxi service before the end of the year, but that its service will still include a Waymo employee in each car as a "chaperone."
Is this new information?
Re: Locals reportedly frustrated with Waymo's self-driving cars
#9> More than a dozen locals told The Information they they hated the cars I'm sure you could also find more than a dozen locals who hate other human drivers
Totally. On the 280 near the 85 interchange — human drivers apparently think merging involves slowing down to let cars enter rather than the entering cars accelerating to the speed of traffic. Creates this yo-yo effect because Silicon Valley drivers have been badly programmed in how to drive.
Re: Locals reportedly frustrated with Waymo's self-driving cars
#10> The anecdotes highlight how challenging it can be for self-driving cars, which are programmed to drive conservatively, to master situations that human drivers can handle with relative ease, like merging or finding a gap in traffic to make a turn. Human drivers are terrible at both of these. I'm regularly getting stuck behind people who won't make a right turn even as a line of people are making the left turn that s…
What are they waiting for? (The right turn people.)