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jpm_sd
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Waymo now testing its self-driving cars on public ...
It can read street signs, even hand-held STOP signs in the hands of construction workers. And the cars are continuously mapping their surroundings. But they ALSO use a shared, extremely high quality map database for first-level path planning.
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aroman
on Nov 7, 2017
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And it can even see and understand the hand gestures (e.g. turn signs) of cyclists.
jacquesm
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It's the cyclists that don't do hand gestures that are the problem. Which is - where I live - the vast majority of them.
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I bet it's still safer for the cyclists than the average human-driven car, though.
jacquesm
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Time will tell.
jacksmith21006
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Plus can even understand cyclist that can keep their bike stopped but no feet on the ground.
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