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I had a friend that worked for them in the past. They really aren't that impressive. They get stuck constantly. While the tech down the line might be revolutionary for people who cannot drive for whatever reason right now it still needs a LOT of work.
@MoreFPSmorebetter @vegeta I just can't see this type of tech working in places with a more pedestrian-first culture / more unpredictable human behaviour, i.e. countries without jaywalking laws. If you tried to drive this through London and people realised it will just have to automatically stop for you (and also *won't* stop for you out of politeness if you wait hopefully) then everyone will just walk in front of it. What's the plan, special "don't stop the Waymo" laws?
Obviously we install a padded arm that grabs the pedestrians and throws them back onto the curb so they learn not to just walk out in front of the moving vehicles.
Idk how it is where y'all live but generally people only jaywalk when there aren't cars driving on the road at that moment. Other than crosswalks it's kinda expected that if you are going to jaywalk you are going to do it when no car will have to stop or slow down to avoid you. Obviously not everyone follows that rule but generally speaking.
@MoreFPSmorebetter it's not called jaywalking here, it's just called crossing the road, and there are plenty of places where if it's busy if you just kind of wait hopefully someone will wave you across. Or you look for a big enough gap that you can't make it all the way across but a driver will see you and have to slow. We also have zebra crossings which you just wait next to and drivers have to stop; up to the driver to interpret if someone is just standing around or waiting to cross.