>Perhaps they’ll also help with the Singaporean phenomenon of the seeming complete disappearance of taxis when it rains
Are self-driving cars able to handle rainy conditions? I'm not in the industry but thought this was still an issue.
Are self-driving cars able to handle rainy conditions? I'm not in the industry but thought this was still an issue.
Think of it this way: non-optimal driving conditions is nowhere near the last hurdle for full autonomy. We're a long ways off.
The times I've seen it rain in Singapore or kuala Lumpur it's all or nothing. Fine weather -> 2 foot of water on the road -> Fine weather. I somehow don't think that scenario is in the test plan.
There we can answer that the seeming complete disappearance ox taxis when it rains will persist, because the ratio of customers per taxi shoots up when it starts to rain.
(Where I live (north Europe), you practically don't flag taxis on the street but order it on the phone; when I was living in Beijing, I think the rain phenomenon was simply that all taxis were taken as the first drops came down.)
This is a classic example of short term view and the invisible hand going bad, found in Thinking fast and slow.
Perhaps they’ll also help with the Singaporean phenomenon of the seeming complete disappearance of taxis when it rains—an almost daily occurrence in the tropical clime.
My question is whether the disappearance is real, or just perceived, as when it starts to rain, the available taxis are flagged to use immediately.
Looks like the pay structure (and possibly taxi pricing regulation) is silly for drivers.
Seriously? I pretty sure all current vehicles need to go through extreme weather testing before they can be brought to market. For example my dad worked on a project testing Ford vehicles in extreme cold and snow conditions in northern MN.