I assumed they went to Miami to develop their foul weather capabilities. It's still pretty early.

Doubtful. They probably just pause service when it rains. Miami weather is ideal most of the time.

These self-driving companies have made very little progress on dealing with weather for how long they’ve spent on the problem.

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janderson215 2 hours ago | parent [-]

During the “winter”, sure, but it dumps rain during the same and there are flash floods occasionally. I agree with the parent comment that Miami is a great area to test - especially given that the bad weather is seasonal. They can run 24/7 during the good weather seasons.

Also, the drivers in Miami are a bit more unpredictable than the average driver around the country in my experience, so good challenge cases for self-driving development.

	▲	dangus 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Unpredictable drivers aren’t a challenge compared to weather. They’re just 3D objects to avoid. That’s a solved problem. The thing about weather is that with a fully automated fleet they can just stop and give up on driving instantly. Rain in Miami doesn’t tend to last very long except in specific storms like hurricanes. Waymo can just not operate during those times. I’m very doubtful that a lot of these inherent problems with the technology are being rapidly solved. See: the article.