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CK_John

(10,005 posts) Tue Nov 7, 2017, 08:29 PM Nov 2017

Waymo is first to put fully self-driving cars on US roads without a safety driver

Waymo, the autonomous vehicle division of Alphabet, Google’s parent company, reached an important milestone recently: since mid-October, the company has been operating its autonomous minivans on public roads in Arizona without a safety driver — or any human at all — behind the wheel. And starting very soon, the company plans to invite regular people for rides in these fully self-driving vehicles.

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Waymo is first to put fully self-driving cars on US roads without a safety driver (Original Post) CK_John Nov 2017 OP

They better get their PI defense lawyers ready. Sneederbunk Nov 2017 #1

Chandler is mostly flat with straight roads and nothing but hot to mild weather. brush Nov 2017 #2

Sneederbunk

(17,638 posts)

1. They better get their PI defense lawyers ready.

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Tue Nov 7, 2017, 08:35 PM

Nov 2017

brush

(61,033 posts)

2. Chandler is mostly flat with straight roads and nothing but hot to mild weather.

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Tue Nov 7, 2017, 09:59 PM

Nov 2017

The challenge will be when they try winter driving in the snow and sleet in the Midwest and Northeast.

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