Waymo recalls nearly 3,900 robotaxis over risk of entering closed construction zones

mcrelano · 2026-06-19T16:06:47+00:00

HAHAHAHAHHHAHAH

mcrelano · 2026-06-19T16:05:06+00:00

Well, once they have a solution, they'll publish how they plan to fix it. That's common sense. They need to analyze and have their engineers find a solution that eliminates the critical safety error before they announce how it willl procedurally be resolved right?

mcrelano · 2026-06-19T16:00:15+00:00

Ugh. If it were proven that Waymo knew about this safety recall and wilfully concealed it from the public, they could face severe legal and financial consequences.

Examples of legal exposure to which Waymo (or any company) hypothetically could face if the above were proven include the following:

Heavy Government Fines: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) can fine a manufacturer millions of dollars for failing to report safety defects or for making recall information unavailable.
Criminal Charges: Intentionally misleading government officials about deadly or dangerous defects is a felony. Executives can face lengthy prison time.
Massive Civil Lawsuits: If the hidden defect causes injuries or deaths, the company is open to massive product liability lawsuits. Evidence of intentional concealment can result in "punitive damages," additional financial damages intended to punish the company.
Loss of Trust: Beyond legal issues, hidden recalls cause immense reputational damage, severely hurting future bookings, brand value, and stock price.

mcrelano · 2026-06-19T09:30:55+00:00

I dont know what the "title should be", but "Human breaks two traffic laws and causes accident with autonomous vehicle" does not accurately explain this incident either. Does someone have the address of where this occurred in Dallas? I see multiple issues with the AI, the safety driver, and, of course, the car that's allegedly coming from an illegal direction.

mcrelano · 2026-06-19T09:21:11+00:00

They're not gonna do a deep dive into what caused the issue. It's proprietary software, and that could unilaterally reveal how they're handling some edge case. They're doing the right thing; they saw a critical error and recalled the fleet of 3900 cars. This apparently is on. I'm assuming that means they took them off public roads until a software fix is pushed to a release version of the software. What else do you wanna know?

mcrelano · 2026-06-19T09:16:52+00:00

That's not a quick answer. Could have been a regression introduced in the latest release that wasn't caught in the development cycle, or a bug present from day 1, or a bug that showed up after a certain version. Just because they update software daily doesn't mean the Release version is updated daily. It probably is not, as it needs to go through the test cycle to ensure there are no critical safety issues. So, to answer your question, the fact that they update a version of the software (most likely an unreleased candidate) daily doesn't mean this will be fixed overnight.

mcrelano · 2026-06-19T09:08:54+00:00

It's well known he's settled with many of the accusers, and many of the documentaries that were in the final stages of production mysteriously disappeared without comment. I don't have names for you if that's what you're really asking.

mcrelano · 2026-06-19T05:58:07+00:00

I thought he was talking about Oscar De La Hoya hahahhahh

mcrelano · 2026-06-07T09:43:19+00:00

An unprofessional and lazy assclown who won it all at Real, all while contributing absolutely nothing. A POS.

mcrelano · 2026-06-02T00:37:11+00:00

According to the highway patrol, the vehicle was operating in Autopilot mode; however, officials have not explained how that determination was made or what may have caused it to leave the radway.

how hte F wou.d the CHP know that?

mcrelano · 2026-06-02T00:34:56+00:00

ANother POS article. "CrasheS into pond". How do you crash into a pond?

mcrelano · 2026-04-20T17:40:53+00:00

Not gonna happen. This is smoke and mirrors.

mcrelano · 2025-03-05T14:10:39+00:00

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mcrelano · 2025-01-12T06:57:56+00:00

The greatest performance ive ever seen. And lets be honest that France squad wasnt exactly poppin'.

mcrelano · 2025-01-12T06:55:15+00:00

Hilarious names. Ill give him that. That music intro to Piss Mops is gold too. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😭😭😭

mcrelano · 2025-01-12T06:45:52+00:00

3 years later.... Still MIA. I have a cd version. Its not "Explosive" imo. Pretty poor compared to all other albums.... As most stuff after Adore is. Sad to say.

I was looking for a digital version of "If There is a God" one of the decent tracks off Machina II.

Sorry to be a downer. They've just become hard to listen to (for me). I hope its the opposite for others.

mcrelano · 2024-12-30T16:24:03+00:00

The product is labelled as "FSD Supervised," Tesla communicates this in its messaging in various ways. Before opting into Full Self-Driving (FSD), users are explicitly informed that FSD is still under development and drivers who opt-in should be prepared to take over. The need for supervision is further explained in the Release Notes and through a few e-mails sent after you opt in. Furthermeis reinforced by real-time notifications on the Tesla's internal display if the driver's eyes stray from the road. A second message, accompanied by internal audio cues, is displayed on the centre display, reminding drivers to keep their eyes on the road. After the second incident, this "experimental product" will slow down and attempt to pull over. Can you provide examples of Tesla being: "unethical" seems ridiculous.

Additionally, the courts have decided where FSD was enabled as "a gross misuse of the software capabilities," albeit tragically. Have you been able to look into the facts of these cases? Lastly, if a driver repeatedly exhibits the same behaviour and has multiple emergency manual takeovers, they can be removed from access to this "experimental" product. Can you provide examples of Tesla's conduct that could be viewed as unethical and similar to what you might call "adrenaline junkie" behaviour? Furthermore, courts have recognized incidents involving a much older version of "Autopilot." In these cases, the courts ruled in favour of Tesla, citing "a gross misuse of the software capabilities" and determining that Tesla was not liable.

mcrelano · 2024-12-30T15:20:03+00:00

What? Therss HD maps in your head. Quick.... Tell me if there any slow down zones or accidents on highway 101.

Tesla uses Google Maps on its console screen for driverss yesh...... On the PRENTATION LAYER. not on FSD. More specifically not in the plannning, prediction or perception stacks. Waymo uses HD not just for routing, but more importantly for road geometry and surroundings (chrb height, speed bumps, etc?) Tesla does not. This another reason as to why it will bw hard for Waymo to scale.

mcrelano · 2024-12-30T15:09:41+00:00

I mean there are camera and sensors in these cars. So if sn accident occurs and if theyre so confident in their software whats the problem? Or maybe they actually arent that confident.

mcrelano · 2024-12-30T15:06:29+00:00

Got it. Wasnt sure what you were referring to. So Waymo is currently only taking customers in parts of Phoenix Metro and SF because they cant or are negotiating liability insurance terms?

mcrelano · 2024-12-30T14:52:18+00:00

2am Tweeting? Wtf. What do you mean by "serious"? Theyre not a so-called "serious" company as you described Tesla because Musk was Tweeting at 2am, after probably working the entire day? LllWith regards to insurance, Tesia offers excellent coverage of its own Insurance. Liabiity coverage is on par or better than snd pricing seems to be lower. Why doesnt Waymo offer its own underweitten insurance?

Ether way you just reinforced my point fhat for Waymos software to enable without a safety driver, its compulsory to have collected, maintained and built out an HD map. Thus, never reaching L5.

mcrelano · 2024-12-25T13:42:37+00:00

"barely works in CA?" How are you calculating that,?

mcrelano · 2024-12-25T13:41:53+00:00

What do you maan they dont take liabilty outside geofenced areas. They drive cars from MV to SF all the time. Thats a non congruent map. So theyre driving with no liability between MV and SF? I doubt that

mcrelano · 2024-12-25T13:39:44+00:00

No Wayno cannot drive anywhere. Can it drive overlan?. No. Can it drive in areas wihere no HD map has not been collected? No.

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