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The next driver you cut off on the freeway may be invisible
ktla.com ^ | Posted: Jan 28, 2025 | : Peter Wilgoren

Posted on 01/28/2025 1:45:11 PM PST by BenLurkin

Waymo, one of the companies at the forefront of driverless tech, confirmed to KTLA that it will begin testing fully autonomous passenger cars on L.A. freeways this week. Fully autonomous for Waymo means “without a human driver.”

The driverless white vehicles with radar gizmos attached to the roof and sides have already been ferrying riders on city streets across the area, from Santa Monica to downtown L.A. However, this is their first time conducting driverless tests on the interstates.

“Our initial testing will begin on the 10, 110, 90, and 405 (freeways),” Waymo told KTLA 5 News.

The initial tests will be for employees only to provide feedback on the service and overall rider experience.

(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...


TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: waymo
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1 posted on 01/28/2025 1:45:11 PM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

They can be disabled simply by placing 4 traffic cones around them.


2 posted on 01/28/2025 1:46:45 PM PST by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: monkeyshine

LOL!


3 posted on 01/28/2025 1:47:27 PM PST by MNJohnnie (Don't blame me, my congressman is MTG!)
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To: BenLurkin

I just don’t see how our roads and infrastructure are ready for this


4 posted on 01/28/2025 1:48:03 PM PST by HereInTheHeartland (Have you seen Joe Biden's picture on a milk carton?)
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To: HereInTheHeartland

I have a bigger question: How will the several states get revenue for drunk drivers?


5 posted on 01/28/2025 1:49:26 PM PST by Lazamataz (The BEST birthday present I ever got WAS DONALD TRUMP WINNING IN 2024!!!)
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To: HereInTheHeartland

There is also the population — which is not ready.

https://ktla.com/news/local-news/vandals-in-southern-california-attack-waymo-driverless-taxi/


6 posted on 01/28/2025 1:50:43 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

After a few fatal accidents, they will decide that they need Waymo testing.


7 posted on 01/28/2025 1:51:32 PM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: BenLurkin

The driverless white vehicles with radar gizmos attached to the roof and sides.

Byrna gun sales ensue?.


8 posted on 01/28/2025 1:52:26 PM PST by Vaduz
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To: Vaduz

You know......gizmos.


9 posted on 01/28/2025 1:53:55 PM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

If you cut it off all it can do is play this loudly:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuFt6dd_25I
(audio NSFW)


10 posted on 01/28/2025 2:00:39 PM PST by posterchild
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To: BenLurkin
The next driver you cut off on the freeway may be invisible

Cloaking device on the freeway sounds like a bad idea. A very bad idea.

11 posted on 01/28/2025 2:01:03 PM PST by BipolarBob (My doctor says I have HD (whatever that is) and worse, he says I have 80 of them!)
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To: monkeyshine

Hahahahahaha!


12 posted on 01/28/2025 2:02:33 PM PST by rlmorel ("A people that elect corrupt politicians are not victims...but accomplices." George Orwell)
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To: ClearCase_guy

Very good.


13 posted on 01/28/2025 2:03:12 PM PST by ChessExpert (The Democratic party must be destroyed.)
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To: BenLurkin

LOL, makes it seem like cutting cars off just might be a fun pastime if they don’t have anyone in them!


14 posted on 01/28/2025 2:03:16 PM PST by rlmorel ("A people that elect corrupt politicians are not victims...but accomplices." George Orwell)
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To: BipolarBob

Sensible reply to a silly title.


15 posted on 01/28/2025 2:04:50 PM PST by ChessExpert (The Democratic party must be destroyed.)
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To: BenLurkin

“Yesterday upon the stair
I met a man who wasn’t there
He wasn’t there again today
Oh, how I wish he’d go away

When I came home last night at three
The man was waiting there for me
But when I looked around the hall
I couldn’t see him there at all!
Go away, go away, don’t you come back any more!
Go away, go away, and please don’t slam the door


16 posted on 01/28/2025 2:05:38 PM PST by PGR88
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17 posted on 01/28/2025 2:05:48 PM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: BenLurkin
The Hanson Cars at Six Flags are the only cars I'm comfortable taking my hands off the wheel in. LOL


18 posted on 01/28/2025 2:06:04 PM PST by Tell It Right (1 Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: BenLurkin

19 posted on 01/28/2025 2:08:24 PM PST by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: BenLurkin

Great. So now when they screw up, they’ll cause a 100 car pile up.


20 posted on 01/28/2025 2:18:26 PM PST by fruser1
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