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    Aspettarsi che i taxi senza conducente rispettino le piste ciclabili è “un livello troppo alto” – perché i clienti vogliono essere lasciati lì, dice ai ciclisti l’azienda di veicoli autonomi Waymo/Londra

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    1. Beyond_the_one on

      Cool, then no license to operate in the UK or the EU. The European governments need bring the US companies to heel.

    3. Unfair-Sleep-3022 on

      As always with AI, the only way to accept it is lowering our expectations

    4. RJTG on

      So practically free money if you see one of them halting on the bike lane?

    5. badgersruse on

      I would like a piece of cheesecake. Alas, we can’t always get what we want.

    6. YesNo_Maybe_ on

      Part article: Waymo, the autonomous driving tech firm whose so-called ‘robo-taxis’ are now roaming the streets of London, has 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.

      According to the Highway Code, motorists “must not drive or park in a cycle lane marked by a solid white line during its times of operation” or block a bike lane marked by a broken white line “unless it is unavoidable”.

      Drivers are also told that they should give way to cyclists using the bike lane and wait for a “safe gap in the flow of cyclists” before crossing the infrastructure.

      However, just as its robo-taxis begin driving autonomously in the UK for the first time, cycling campaigners in the US have claimed that Waymo has told them that the cars are programmed to pull into cycle lanes to pick up and drop off passengers.

    7. Positive_Chip6198 on

      Who gets the fine or taken their license when a driverless car breaks the law?

    9. getabath on

      Here’s the thing, cyclists should get their own lane, what the UK have done is a cowboy builder

    11. morbihann on

      Yes, in fact we do expect vehicles, however they are operated, to follow the rules of the road. If you can’t, then you can’t be on the road.

    12. No-Improvement9455 on

      Send them to Denmark, we need work for mechanics fixing dents and bumps.

    13. Championnats91 on

      Expecting cyclists to respect waymo vehicles is also too high a bar

      Edit: Getting downvoted for placing human life over autonomous vehicle parking rights.

    14. Partiallyfermented on

      Okay then, they don’t need to operate in the EU. We can have a referendum about it, I’m pretty sure Europeans will overwhelminly choose bike lanes over driverless taxis.

    16. OrangeHer on

      a vehicle driving by itself needs to be programmed in a way that it follows all traffic laws, if they are just going to say screw the inconvenient law and break it anyways then the vehicles aren’t fit for the road

    17. ZenX22 on

      How are human drivers punished when blocking bike lanes in London? If the idea is that these are better drivers than humans then we should certainly be holding them to a higher standard.

    18. BiggestNizzy on

      So fine, Waymo, every time they do it. Stick some points on the car’s licence, and if it gets 12, ban them all. I can guarantee the problem will be fixed.

    19. Talkycoder on

      The issue is the majority of bike lanes are just some worn paint on the already crammed road. Drivers already ignore them. If they introduced more lanes with actual kerbs, these cars could detect them a lot easier.

      Kerb separated paths should be a thing regardless of these cars anyway, but unfortunately, our government doesn’t care about cyclists or sustainable travel unlike mainland Europe.

    21. Lazy-Field-1116 on

      Lol they actually though they could get away with this in Europe?! So annoying when businesses think they can just implement the same business plan over here that they do in the US. Cyclists and pedestrians galore in Europe, and they have more rights than the cars.

    22. scarab1001 on

      Cost of improving bike lines with clear separation for pedestrians and cars put on cost of license (over x years).

      Easy.

    23. snakeLipssynk on

      Does that mean driverless taxis shouldn’t expect not to be damaged by cyclists forced to thread the needle to avoid being hit by vehicles?

    24. DarkByteStyle on

      Isn’t this the same company that was never truly “driverless”? I believe they were using people from the Philippines to drive their cars.

    25. Kor_Phaeron_ on

      I have a solution for this problem.

      * Nationalize Waymo and close it for good
      * Don’t reimburse the owners at all
      * Put the CEO in prison

    26. Level21DungeonMaster on

      Sounds like asking cyclists to not set fire to the Waymo cars would be “too high a bar because people want to”

    27. Similar-Sir-2952 on

      Why do we even have driverless cars in public roads? Nonsensical

    28. Leprechaunaissance on

      Aren’t bike lanes protected by London city bylaws? A driver in a bike lane in my city could be fined and even have their vehicle impounded.

    29. oshinbruce on

      Oh totally fair. Infact why not get get rid of footpaths too, clearly a hazard for waymo. While we are at it why not get rid of mass trasit, waste of money, we could live in a world with just waymo to bring us everywhere.. /s

    30. nanoWAT on

      What is the reason of having a self driving car if it can not behave more consistently and better than a human driver ? Is their whole moto “make almost good products that they are sometimes reliable” ?

    33. mackrevinak on

      what these customers want! cyclists also “want” to be able to cycle in a bicycle lane. that is what the those lane are there for. if taxis want their own lane they will have to fight for them just like cyclists had to

    34. Slight_Injury_4265 on

      Waymo admits their technology is not ready for real world applications and all their claims about better safety was just a farce. There fixed the headline.

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