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Waymo says expecting driverless taxis to stay out of bike lanes is unrealistic (road.cc)
submitted 5 months ago by [M, B] to c/hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
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[–] 21 points 5 months ago (6 children)

I guess bicyclists not carrying sawed off shot guns to shoot at robot murder cars is also unrealistic.

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  • [–] 10 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    😅

    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.

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  • [–] 15 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    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

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago* (1 child)

    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.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago

    ... 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.

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