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Ready or Not, Driverless Cars Are Here

Ready or Not, Driverless Cars Are Here

The Daily vor 3 Jahren

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After a closely watched vote, driverless cars, once a Silicon
Valley fantasy, have become a 24-hour-a-day reality in San
Francisco. Are autonomous vehicles an interesting and safe
transportation alternative? Or are they a nuisance and a
traffic-blocking disaster waiting to happen?

Cade Metz, who covers technology for The Times, describes the
unique challenges of coexisting with cars that drive themselves.

Guest: Cade Metz, a technology correspondent for The New York
Times.

Background reading:

On Monday, Waymo began letting the public pay for rides in
its driverless cars in San Francisco. The New York Times
dispatched three reporters around the city to test the service.

Local officials are worried that state regulators have been
too eager to embrace plans for round-the-clock driverless taxi
services.

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