| ▲ | ortuna 7 hours ago |
| So, these streets are so tiny and pedestrians are used to just walking out on crosswalks because most people stop at crosswalks |
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| ▲ | alexose 6 minutes ago | parent | next [-] |
| Oh man... this will be so awesome as a pedestrian/cyclist. When I see a Waymo coming, I can actually have some reasonable expectation that it will stop for me! |
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| ▲ | arjie 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| That seems like a dream environment for these cars. They are very good about waiting for humans to cross. To be honest, a Waymo at the front in an intersection means that it's going to be much more relaxing as a pedestrian or bicyclist crossing. This is especially true in intersections with a no-right-on-red where Waymos will obey but human drivers in San Francisco rarely do. |
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| ▲ | nickvec 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Waymo has no problem navigating the narrow streets of SF. |
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| ▲ | fragmede 6 hours ago | parent [-] | | One of my friends talks about this skate park on Stevenson st, which is a cobblestone road in San Francisco. It's ostensibly a two way road, but with street parking, it isn't really. Or rather, in order for two full sized cars to fit, one of the cars has to go up on the curb. Waymo's don't seem capable of doing this (yet, on that street), and jam up that road whenever there's traffic on it. Waymo's has problems with that narrow SF street and any amount of traffic on it. |
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| ▲ | jeffbee 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Every town says the exact same thing when Waymo shows up, and it's never true. There's nothing unique about Portland drivers, streets, sidewalks, or pedestrians. |
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| ▲ | ortuna 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | I feel like I've lived in enough places and they're pretty small relatively speaking but whatever, seems like we'll see how it actually plays out. I'm not saying it's going to randomly speed up to 80mph and crash into a building and explode. Just that I'll finally have a chance to witness those hilarious videos in person | |
| ▲ | financetechbro 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | This is a false blanket statement. Portland has very short (walkable) blocks, many one way streets, and it is true that most often than not cars actively stop for pedestrians to cross the street | | |
| ▲ | jeffbee 7 hours ago | parent [-] | | None of those things are unique to Portland. Waymo already operates in San Francisco, Boston, and Philadelphia. |
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