From an avid Reader

I just want to share some observations. Also, I don't
work for Google or any other autonomous vehicle
company - I just happen to live in Mountain View, CA and
I've shared the road with SD cars for the past year or so.
I see no less than 5 self-driving cars every day. 99% of
the time they're the Google Lexuses, but I've also seen a
few other unidentified ones (and one that said BOSCH on
the side). I have never seen one of the new "Google-
bugs" on the road, although I've heard they're coming
soon. I also don't have a good way to tell if the cars
were under human control or autonomous control
during the stories I'm going to relate.

Anyway, here we go: Other drivers don't even blink when
they see one. Neither do pedestrians - there's no "fear"
from the general public about crashing or getting run
over, at least not as far as I can tell.

Google cars drive like your grandma - they're never the
first off the line at a stop light, they don't accelerate
quickly, they don't speed, and they never take any
chances with lane changes (cut people off, etc.).
Google cars seem to be a little overly-cautious at
intersections where visibility is limited: Think a T-
intersection where a big truck or a bush blocks visibility
for the road that needs to turn either left or right. The
Google car I saw inched forward very slowly with a lot of
pauses, as if it was stopping to get its bearings even
though it obviously hadn't pulled forward enough to
"see" anything. It appeared very safe, but if I had been
behind it I probably would have been annoyed at how
long it took to actually commit to pull out and turn.
Google cars are very polite to pedestrians. They leave
plenty of space.

A Google car would never do that rude
thing where a driver inches impatiently into a crosswalk
while people are crossing because he/she wants to make
a right turn. However, this can also lead to some
annoyance to drivers behind, as the Google car seems to
wait for the pedestrian to be completely clear.

On one occasion, I saw a pedestrian cross into a row of human-
thickness trees and this seemed to throw the car for a
loop for a few seconds. The person was a good 10 feet
out of the crosswalk before the car made the turn.
It's safe to cut off a Google car. I ride a motorcycle to
work and in California motorcycles are allowed to split
lanes (i.e., drive in the gap between lanes of cars at a
stoplight, slow traffic, etc.). Obviously I do this at every
opportunity because it cuts my commute time in 1/3.

Once, I got a little caught out as the traffic transitioned
from slow moving back to normal speed. I was in a lane
between a Google car and some random truck and,
partially out of experiment and partially out of
impatience, I gunned it and cut off the Google car sort
of harder than maybe I needed too... The car handled it
perfectly (maybe too perfectly). It slowed down and let
me in. However, it left a fairly significant gap between
me and it. If I had been behind it, I probably would have
found this gap excessive and the lengthy slowdown
annoying. Honestly, I don't think it will take long for
other drivers to realize that self-driving cars are "easy
targets" in traffic.

Overall, I would say that I'm impressed with how these
things operate. I actually do feel safer around a self-
driving car than most other California drivers.
I think that, inevitably, non-self driving cars will
eventually be banned from the roads to let SD cars
operate at their full potential (which personally I'm not
thrilled about as I'm a car-nut and I love to drive).
Perhaps an aftermarket transmitter could be included in
non-SD cars*? Something to warn SD cars of your
location so they can anticipate you cutting them off or
you having the right of way through an intersection with
limited visibility.

The takeaway? I give SD cars 5 stars. Would buy. *You
read it here first folks! Someday 5 years from now when
you're mandated to buy one of these for your 2015
Camry you'll know where the idea came from.

source www.wearobo.com

First page material. Not the kind of " picture of davido drinking garri"

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