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Attilatheblond

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2. A big 9 year old may be able to reach the accelerator and steering wheels, but he's not experienced enough drive

Reply to dalton99a (Original post)

Sun Mar 1, 2026, 07:39 PM

7 hrs ago

Get these robotic babies off our public streets until they are grown up enough to have experience that enables judgement to deal with unforeseen conditions. IOW, tell the tech bro babies to go back to the drawing board and get their broken toys back into testing with real world surprise conditions.

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Waymo goes viral after blocking EMS during deadly Austin shooting [View all] dalton99a 7 hrs ago OP

Self driving cars: an answer to a problem nobody had. flvegan 7 hrs ago #1

A big 9 year old may be able to reach the accelerator and steering wheels, but he's not experienced enough drive Attilatheblond 7 hrs ago #2

+1. They are great for straight, flat, clean, dry, well lit, well marked streets with light traffic and no pedestrians dalton99a 7 hrs ago #3

OK, street legal in Kansas, but not at night Attilatheblond 7 hrs ago #4

They are all over San Francisco which is none of those. hunter 5 hrs ago #5

I take it you've never seen human drivers EdmondDantes_ 4 hrs ago #6

Your assumption about my observations is seriously silly Attilatheblond 4 hrs ago #7