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Autonomous cars confused by San Francisco's fog:
Driving in thick fog is a big enough challenge for humans, but it turns out self-driving cars find it pretty tricky, too.
Overwhelmed by dense fog in San Francisco early on Tuesday morning, five of Waymo's fully driverless vehicles suddenly parked by the side of a residential street in what appeared to be a precautionary measure, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. Another of its cars apparently came to halt in the middle of the street, the news outlet said.
Other vehicles were unable to pass as "baffled motorists flashed headlights and tried to maneuver around the jam," the Chronicle said.
The traffic problems persisted until the fog cleared and the autonomous cars were able to resume their journeys.
(Score: 2) by SomeGuy on Tuesday April 25, @12:05PM (1 child)
But, but, but, self driving cars run on unicorn magic, the TV says so! They should be better than humans, because "AI" and stuff, and just keep going, and working perfectly!
Yea... that is the problem with self driving cars. The only way they will "work" is if everyone accepts that they drive like grandmas.
Unless we forgo car ownership in the future, I fully expect to see hacks to make self driving cars faster and drive more aggressively.
(Score: 2) by mcgrew on Tuesday April 25, @03:06PM
Yea... that is the problem with self driving cars. The only way they will "work" is if everyone accepts that they drive like grandmas.
My mom was a great grandma when she died at age 92. She never got a traffic ticket or a wreck in her life, except when someone on her bowling team backed into her car when she was 88. All my life she was the safest driver I ever rode in a car with.
Everybody should drive like a grandma.
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