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Cyclist hit by driverless Waymo car in San Francisco, police say (www.sfgate.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Here we go. Autonomous vehicles are now mowing down cyclists.

I hope that Waymo's insurance is good!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I hate the lane assist in our car, I had to shut it off. It kept steering the car back toward obstacles I was trying to avoid, like trucks with wide loads, potholes, and cyclists. I don't know why anyone thinks that shit is a good idea. I'm sure driverless cars will make the same stupid mistakes.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I've never had issues with it because it shuts off when indicating in the direction that you are turning.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I'm not indicating when I'm sliding to the left or right within the lane I'm already in...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Mine disconnects when I steer. Both my cars will just beep at you for actively steering across a line, though you do need to overpower the machine's steering

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Yeah that "machine's steering" is what pisses me off (and got shut off).

I've been driving for decades. Hundreds of thousands of miles. Everything from small cars to pickups towing 30' trailers, and motorhomes towing cars. I have ONE at-fault accident in my record during all that time (which likely wouldn't have been helped by the nanny features). I do not need the help.

I'm not saying I'm perfect; I make mistakes, too. But the fucking false alarms and shit from the car is distracting. I almost hit the brakes the first time I got a false alarm, because I thought there was something seriously wrong with our new car. It's training me to ignore the alarm, so when I actually do make a mistake it catches, I'll probably just ignore it - making them useless.