Then it should be unrealistic to expect they are allowed to operate, frankly
If they can’t follow the law then why the fuck would they be allowed on the road?
Same for humans
Maybe… driverless vehicle are unrealistic then?
I guess bicyclists not carrying sawed off shot guns to shoot at robot murder cars is also unrealistic.
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Waymo, the autonomous driving tech firm whose so-called ‘robo-taxis’ are now roaming the streets of London, has 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.
This is in Europe mate. London to be precise. Not the US. People don’t casually carry guns around here.
Things can change.
Didn’t used to be robot murder cars on the road either.
Maybe crossbows, aim at the tires? Sorry: tyres.
Maybe some kind of light that is extremely bright in a particular wavelength, that blinds their cameras and sends them into an emergency halt mode?
But anyway lol, sawed off shotguns are extremely illegal in all the US as well… I guess the analogy was lost in translation =P
High powered lasers that can burn a hole in the sensor aren’t too hard to get ahold of. A sticker slapped over one could probably work just as well though, and there’s more plausible deniability.
… I was thinking more like an IR/UV floodlight, than a laser.
Less chance of accidentally blinding someone.
Granted, you’d have to figure out a frequency range that would be ‘super effective’ against particular cameras, but… I would feel bad about accidentally giving someone a non consensual amateur lasik surgery.
Maybe a spray paint can to show them manners.
Caltrops
I guess we just have to expect to be killed by Waymo. /s
We were promised these things would be better, and safer than human drivers. Now, even with the assistance of remote human drivers, they can’t follow the law?
No, you don’t get to move the goal posts and say we should still accept them because they don’t drive any worse than humans. If that’s the new standard then what the fuck do we need these things for? What is their purpose, but to take jobs?
The article is a steaming pile of garbage. I was ready to hate on Waymo, but the article is conflating what happened in the US with whatever might or might not happen in the UK.
It’s pretty obvious the AVs need to observe the traffic rules, otherwise they will be fined into oblivion and have their licence revoked. The click bait worked.Expecting bricks to stay out of Waymo’s windshields is unrealistic
In the provided preview picture, isn’t that Abbey road where the Beatles took their famous album cover picture where they cross the street?
Waymo now fucked across most continents. Shoots self in both feet.
