Just two days ago I witnessed myself and blogged here about a risky maneuver (U-turn) by a Waymo driverless car on a busy, four lane, bidirectional street in the Phoenix metro, Arizona area.
"... Waymo has been trying to make its cars ‘confidently assertive,’ says Chris Ludwick, a senior director of product management with Waymo, which is owned by Google parent Alphabet. ‘That was really necessary for us to actually scale this up in San Francisco, especially because of how busy it gets.’
Ludwick says when the vehicles are too passive, they become disruptive. Regular software updates ensure Waymos aren’t becoming a nuisance or creating chaos.”"
Waymo’s Self-Driving Cars Are Suddenly Behaving Like New York Cabbies "Autonomous vehicles are adopting humanlike qualities, making illegal U-turns and flooring it the second the light goes green"
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