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dickthegrouch

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4. Google will have to update their self-drive software again

Reply to Auggie (Original post)

Sat Jul 20, 2024, 01:29 PM

Jul 2024

IIRC their Waymo cars hit the same towed truck twice because it was presenting its front to the vehicle behind instead of its rear.
Their first reaction? It was the tow truck driver’s fault for hooking the vehicle up incorrectly!

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/02/14/waymo-driverless-cars-google-software-update-crashes/

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A car with no front or back that has no steering wheel: What San Francisco's next robotaxis could look like [View all] Auggie Jul 2024 OP

Looks Like Some Of The Vehicles They Have On The Show Westworld.....nt global1 Jul 2024 #1

Cool! Kind of weird looking. It made me remember a different weird Tadpole Raisin Jul 2024 #2

If the photo is on a webpage... A HERETIC I AM Jul 2024 #15

Gee, what could possibly go wrong? n/t birdographer Jul 2024 #3

I suppose that cliche could be used in almost any situation, but why did you think it was needed here? Because Martin68 Jul 2024 #5

Get back to me when these are in use. birdographer Jul 2024 #6

Now you sound like the old fogey who said cars, electricity, and the telephone would never catch on. Martin68 Jul 2024 #8

Thanks, how kind and considerate you are, Marty. birdographer Jul 2024 #9

Well, I'm an old fogey, and Marty is my nickname. I'm just saying you can't hold back innovation. It never works Martin68 Jul 2024 #10

In the early 2000's, I had a friend tell me that she hated widescreen TV's Polybius Jul 2024 #12

I forget what year, but my Dad told me he'd never buy a CD because he had transferred all his records to cassette tape Martin68 Jul 2024 #13

We already know what goes on with people drivers Old Crank Jul 2024 #7

Google will have to update their self-drive software again dickthegrouch Jul 2024 #4

At least you don't have to leave a tip! Polybius Jul 2024 #11

What, it doesn't fly? Emile Jul 2024 #14

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