[blazespin]

Self driving cars must do significantly better safety wise otherwise the adoption will be hampered.

Plus, the whole point here I think is to save lives. Google self driving cars arent really a hazard they're more just very annoying because they are overly cautious.

[mechanon05]

I feel like people just assume that they are annoying to drive around, but very few people actually have experience driving around google's cars. The times that I'm around them (a few mornings a week), they are never in any way weird or annoying. In fact, they are extremely predictable, and therefor, if anything, less annoying to drive around.

[mikeyouse]

I agree -- they never encroach in your lane, they signal with plenty of room to spare, they don't threaten to pull out in front of you, in many different ways, they're preferable to human (Californian) drivers.

[Diederich]

Right. I see them a couple times a week, and once in a while, they pass me while I am on my bicycle.

I will admit that once I became aware of a Google car coming up to pass me on my left, and I did a little jink toward it on my bicycle. It reacted conservatively but decisively. It didn't jump into another lane or slam on its breaks. It just quickly gave me some more room and gently passed.

Kind of creepy, but very cool.

[ktRolster]

I think the fear is that they'll drive the speed limit on the freeway, even when no one else is.

[danieltillett]

Actually what would speed up adoption would be if they were able to drive over the speed limit legally. If they are significantly safer then this should be a win-win for everyone other than those issuing speeding tickets.

[grkvlt]

People are afraid the cars will follow traffic laws, and drive legally, even when no one else is? And, I find it hard to believe that everyone disobeys the posted speed limits on freeways. For example, trucks with speed-limiters, people who don't want to break the law, buses, etc.

[mac01021]

Certainly not the whole point. An autonomous vehicle that can drive me around exactly as safely as I can drive myself is a vast improvement over the status quo, in which commuting is a significant waste of my time.