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Waymo in Singapore

124 points · 160 comments · ramanan

  1. cranky908canuck · · focus · HN ↗
    Must be early in the process, most if not all the photos and graphics where the driving side is visible show North American side driving.
    1. vineyardmike · · focus · HN ↗
      What do you mean? There’s very few images of a car driving, but the roads seem to be correct. Some of the images are definitely generic marketing copy and not Singapore specific, but it seems fairly obvious which ones.

      Unless you mean the steering wheel is on the wrong side, but that seems like it wouldn’t matter for an autonomous vehicle.

      1. cranky908canuck · · focus · HN ↗
        RHD vs LHD is the issue. Waymo has "300+ million kilometres of experience" that will all be on the wrong side of the road.

        I would not be confident of human driving with a lifetime of experience with one not screwing up the other; more confident of one with regularly maintained experience of both (IOW, aware of switching back and forth).

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