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Tesla Robotaxi Mows Down Bollards & Keeps Driving, After “Impeccable” Record Touted on Stock Call (fuelarc.com)
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I mean, I guess "impeccable safety record" is in the eye of the beholder?

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[–] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

I was a driver for Waymo for several years, working overnights. When I first started, you'd be lucky if you could go more than 2 or 3 minutes without having to comment/document something, and normally have a few dozen disengages in a shift, so it kept you on your toes. By the time I left about 4 years later, I was really glad that I'd moved up and wasn't driving every night because I honestly didn't know if I could do it. Drivers would tell me they'd have nights with only one or two disengages the entire night. That job 1000% got harder as the software got better.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 weeks ago

    Exactly it's way harder to stay vigilant when nothing happens for hours. When that becomes days and weeks, it becomes near impossible.
    I have a relatively "stupid" car by today's standards. It can only keep lanes, and adjust speed according to traffic and speed limits. Nothing more than a fancy cruise control really.
    And even that makes mistakes, but it's simple enough that it doesn't create "situations" because you still have to actually drive yourself.

    It's kind of funny when approaching a round about, it slows down automatically, and I enter the round about at a comfortable speed, but then suddenly half way through, it accelerates back to highway speed if you don't prevent it. This is extremely weird IMO, since you are still in the middle of turning to follow the round about?!
    It took me a bit by surprise the first time that it suddenly accelerated in a situation where it absolutely shouldn't. But not much. because I was absolutely paying attention, as it can't navigate by itself.

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