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Dan GillmoronMastodon15h ago
Google's antonymous taxi company says it won't obey traffic safety laws because its customers want convenience, so screw those bicyclists who don't want to be injured or killed.
https://road.cc/news/driverless-taxis-veering-into-cycle-lanes-normal-practice-says-waymo
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Accuracy80%
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Context80%
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Analysis Summary
Waymo told cycling safety advocates that keeping robo-taxis out of bike lanes is 'too high a bar' because customers want to be dropped off in them β and the company's vehicles are operating this way in multiple cities. The underlying fact is verified by road.cc reporting: Waymo has acknowledged using cycle lanes for passenger pickups/dropoffs. Streetsblog data shows at least two cities where Waymo operates haven't seen improvements in traffic injury rates, though this doesn't directly confirm that Waymo vehicle behavior is the cause. The post uses hyperbolic framing ('screw those bicyclists,' 'won't obey traffic safety laws') that amplifies the underlying claim beyond what Waymo actually stated.
Claims Analysis (3)
βWaymo says it won't obey traffic safety laws because its customers want convenienceβ
Road.cc reports Waymo told cyclists that respecting bike lanes is 'too high a bar' because customers want to be dropped in them. This is a characterization of their position, not a direct quote about ignoring 'traffic safety laws' broadly.
βWaymo's robo-taxis are veering into cycle lanes as normal practiceβ
Road.cc reports cycling campaigners claim Waymo cars are programmed to pull into cycle lanes for pickups/dropoffs. Streetsblog reports Waymo cities haven't seen safety improvements, but 'veering into' vs. 'pulling into' is a framing difference.
βThis endangers bicyclistsβ
Characterization of risk. The underlying claimβthat vehicles in cycle lanes create collision riskβis reasonable but opinion-framed.
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