Waymo gets green light from California DMV: AVs in some cities are ok

What will cars do if they don't know what to do? Apparently, stop until they do.

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[jdale]

"If a Waymo vehicle comes across a situation it doesn't understand, it does what any good driver would do: comes to a safe stop until it does understand how to proceed,"

Meanwhile in another article....

Most emergency braking systems on the market today won't stop for stationary objects at freeway speeds.

I'm sure nothing could possibly go wrong.

 

[jdale]

"If a Waymo vehicle comes across a situation it doesn't understand, it does what any good driver would do: comes to a safe stop until it does understand how to proceed,"

Meanwhile in another article....

Most emergency braking systems on the market today won't stop for stationary objects at freeway speeds.

I'm sure nothing could possibly go wrong.

Waymo has full lidar array it can detect stationary objects. The hard part for OEM building AEBs is how to do with without $120,000 in lidar gear per car.

Waymo's lidar array doesn't help if the Waymo car is stopped and the car that's in motion can't detect it.