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mulmenyesterday at 9:55 PM3 repliesview on HN

Is it? I have been driving for 25 years and never encountered one.

Waymo seems to accept they can’t predict everything so they built a system that’s safe enough to operate in the real world and learn from experience.


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zardoyesterday at 10:45 PM

You probably haven't been driving in areas that flood then.

fwiptoday at 12:52 AM

I haven't encountered one as a driver either, but I'm pretty sure "Don't drive into roads with water on them" was a basic safety question on the permit test.

forgetfreemantoday at 12:44 AM

You haven't been driving for 25 years anywhere east of the Mississippi river if you've never encountered road flooding. Accepting they can't predict everything sounds reasonable. Failing to account for a routine occurrence is negligent.