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A driverless car in San Francisco drove right into wet concrete and got stuck after seemingly mistaking it for a regular road: 'It ain't got a brain' / The site had been marked off with constructio...::The site had been marked off with construction cones and workers stood with flags at each end of the block, according to city officials.

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[–] brsrklf@compuverse.uk 15 points 2 years ago (4 children)

I suspect the guys blocking the road could have prevented it by staying there, but assumed it wasn't really their problem after all and kinda wanted to see this shit happen.

And I wouldn't blame them.

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 23 points 2 years ago (3 children)

If a driverless car was coming towards me, I wouldn't trust it enough to intentionally stand in its way.

[–] brsrklf@compuverse.uk 4 points 2 years ago

Heh, good point.

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