Are robotaxis the future? Or instead, the past?
Are robotaxis the future? Or instead, the past?
SF Chronicle reports on a what a parent saw as a near miss when their child tripped in a crosswalk. The main question is why are Waymos behaving aggressively, even on Slow Streets, even when small children are present. If the vehicle detected that a small child was crossing the street shouldn't it have then behaved more cautiously?
CBS News reports that yet another Waymo was part of crash due to it stopping in the middle of a street (though other driver considered legally at fault). And like many other Waymo incidences, the Waymo vehicle was empty at the time, driving around being a hazard without actually providing passenger service at the time.
NY Times reports that those "edge cases" just keep on coming and Waymo is not able to handle them.
NY Times reports on a new novel by "gridlock Sam" on how autonomous vehicles could go really, really wrong.
MSN reports that Waymo for the third time was an involved party to a traffic fatality.
The Frisc does important reporting on how information on Waymos has become less available as their problems have increased greatly. Politicians pretend to be trying to address the issue but really are just passing the buck.
