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
    • Warl0k3@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      18 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·
      16 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.