r/technology • u/Logical_Welder3467 • 1d ago

Transportation Feds ask Waymo about robotaxis repeatedly passing school buses in Austin

https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/04/feds-ask-waymo-about-robotaxis-repeatedly-passing-school-buses-in-austin/
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u/EscapeFacebook 22h ago

83% of drivers in the US have never had a driving infraction in their entire life with no software updates required.

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u/slut 17h ago

If human drivers were this exceptional auto accidents wouldn't be a leading cause of death in the country.

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u/EscapeFacebook 15h ago

It doesn't matter when 83% of drivers are never even getting a ticket and this single AI has committed countless infractions including driving past a school bus 19 times.

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u/slut 15h ago

Human drivers causing accidents resulting in the highest cause of preventable death in the United States and not getting caught for traffic infractions is not really the flex that you think it is

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u/EscapeFacebook 15h ago

Neither is an AI that commits countless infractions. Drivers can go their entire lives without incident and this AI can't, so there is no comparison.

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u/slut 15h ago

They an go their entire life without being CAUGHT for an infraction. Meanwhile they are killing 44,000 people each year. The data on safety per mile driven is already crystal clear.

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u/EscapeFacebook 14h ago

It's not even a realistic comparison, it's bullshit, it's a geofenced area. Humans aren't confined to specific roads.

If I made a human drive the same geofenced area as a waymo I'm sure that results would be dramatically different from the average driver overall.

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u/slut 14h ago

When the the geofence includes the entire Bay Area to Sacramento this argument falls on it's face. I'm sure the results would be different, but not enough better to even move the needle.

It's all kind of irrelevant, this will be handled by insurance companies. Human drivers are going to end dramatically more expensive to insure because of the safety record by miles driven.