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Waymo cars ignored stopped school buses in Atlanta. What happens now?

17 pointsby themaninthedarkyesterday at 5:58 PM19 commentsview on HN

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m-s-yyesterday at 6:15 PM

A high school classmate of mine (many many years ago) was unexpectedly and brazenly pulled out of a school-wide assembly by local police one morning.

It was the talk of the school. Rumors spread like wildfire. Consensus was that whatever she did, it must have been terrible.

She had driven past a stopped school bus.

If this reaction is acceptable when a person does it, a $1 fine for a company is a slap in the face to law-abiding citizens.

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prependyesterday at 8:27 PM

Would AI be better at stopping for children jumping out from a stopped school bus so it’s not as necessary to stop with human drivers?

That being said, just ticket the company and make them pay. Isn’t this how it works with all moving violations? Does Waymo get pulled over for speeding?

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semiquaveryesterday at 6:59 PM

Funny how the words are all backwards on archive.is: https://archive.ph/3BvNR

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functionmouseyesterday at 6:07 PM

Fines start at a dollar and double for each repeat occurrence.

If it gets to the point where the fine is prohibitively expensive, then the system should in fact be prohibited.

NullHypothesistyesterday at 6:05 PM

A few software engineers work a weekend to fix the issue, and it never happens again?

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ChrisArchitectyesterday at 6:00 PM

Related:

Authorities investigating Waymo over failure to stop for school buses

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46169695

seg_lolyesterday at 7:09 PM

One week of jailtime for everyone involved.

When I was twelve, a 10 yo kid from the next town over was hit and killed, his body was thrown over 100 feet when someone sped around a stopped bus with its flashers out.

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Benderyesterday at 7:10 PM

Or Waymo going into an active crime scene, loads of cop cars, guns drawn? [1] Cops yelling to get away and instead Waymo pulls over closer to the crime scene causing the passengers to panic.

[1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2XoMKwZE3o [video][1m42s]

cyanydeezyesterday at 7:41 PM

Give them 1 kid out of 100. Growth is more important than people.

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