> Self driving cars are a case of when, not if as so much being done in the field, progress has become a hot competition and slowly getting there.
My skepticism of self driving vehicles in general is in desert climates. I really want to see a self driving taxi the day after a blizzard in Chicago (or elsewhere in the upper midwest... or even NYC when there's a good storm) where on some streets two lanes in each direction become one, and intersections can become "well, I'm not stoping because the car isn't stoping, thankfully the other drivers understand this and aren't asserting right of way when things are slippery". Some roads are closed and the smart drivers are happily driving 20 under the speed limit on the highway behind a snow plow.
Until then, self driving really strikes me as more of a California or summer time thing.
> Snowy conditions are a serious challenge for the laser-based Lidar and other sensors that self-driving cars use to see objects in their path. Waymo said it’ll start working to overcome weather issues in Detroit’s notoriously tough winter months.
My skepticism of self driving vehicles in general is in desert climates. I really want to see a self driving taxi the day after a blizzard in Chicago (or elsewhere in the upper midwest... or even NYC when there's a good storm) where on some streets two lanes in each direction become one, and intersections can become "well, I'm not stoping because the car isn't stoping, thankfully the other drivers understand this and aren't asserting right of way when things are slippery". Some roads are closed and the smart drivers are happily driving 20 under the speed limit on the highway behind a snow plow.
Until then, self driving really strikes me as more of a California or summer time thing.
They say they're working on it ( https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-04-23/alphabet-... )
> Snowy conditions are a serious challenge for the laser-based Lidar and other sensors that self-driving cars use to see objects in their path. Waymo said it’ll start working to overcome weather issues in Detroit’s notoriously tough winter months.
but I'll believe it when I see it.