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Waymo Self-Driving Taxi Flummoxed by Construction Worker's Hand Signals

  For years, Waymo's driverless ridehailing cars have been wreaking havoc on San Francisco streets, triggering traffic jams, getting stuck in roundabouts, and even colliding with a delivery robot. And when it comes to construction sites — a common fixture in a major metropolis like San Francisco — Waymos are having a hard time. A video, which has been circulating on social media, shows a driverless cab struggling to decipher the hand signals of a construction worker, juddering to a halt and refusing to turn left. The incident highlights some glaring and persistent shortcomings when it comes to driverleess ride-hailing […]


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https://futurism.com/the-byte/waymo-self-driving-taxi-construction-worker-hand-signals
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