Expecting driverless taxis to respect bike lanes “too high a bar” – because customers want to be dropped off in them, autonomous vehicle firm Waymo tells cyclists
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Waymo, the autonomous driving tech firm whose so-called ‘robo-taxis’ are now roaming the streets of London, has allegedly told cycling campaigners that expecting their driverless cars to respect cycle lanes is “too high a bar” – because their customers want to be dropped off in them.But Waymo has denied making such a claim, instead pointing ... Read more
  • pedz@lemmy.caEnglish
    311·
    22 days ago

    Beyond the absurdity autonomous cars only following selected rules of the road, doesn’t London have pretty good public transit?! Like, among the best in the world for a big city. Why in the fucking world would Waymo operate there unless it wants to compete public transit and bikes.

    • Warl0k3@lemmy.worldEnglish
      182·
      22 days ago

      … London is famous for it’s taxis. Their role in london culture goes back centuries.

        • Warl0k3@lemmy.worldEnglish
          8·
          22 days ago

          I suppose if that’s a pressing concern for them, they could always go back to the horse-drawn versions… Though I’m not sure what that has to do with the relevancy of the role taxis play in London transit.

        • bryndos@fedia.io
          4·
          20 days ago

          They’re a plague on the city.

          But they have a lot of political clout as they can jam up all the bus lanes when anything slightly inconvenient happens to them.

    • bryndos@fedia.io
      3·
      20 days ago

      it’s ok, but far from best in the world, most archaic maybe.

      Far too many fucking taxis blocking bus lanes. and it’s very expensive to use the trains. Taxi drivers would go nuts and dirty protest all over the city if anyone proposed to cut fares.