As freeway/motorway driving is easier, one would have assumed self-driving vehicles would already be using them. However, the infrequency of critical events means there is less training data, and the higher speeds of travel are a challenge, too. No more, it seems.
The same will one day be true for outlier use cases like snowy roads, etc.
Like all technology, self-driving vehicles will be adopted on an S-curve, where one day their adoption and use will quickly become widespread. This is another sign that the day is ever closer.
Snowy roads are “outlier use cases”?
in the areas they are operating yea. it rarely snows in San Francisco which is where they were green-lit for usage. While snow has happened in that area, its a super rare occurrence due to the proximity with the pacific ocean which generally will warm the air high enough to change it to rain instead of snow.
Got it! I assumed that “expanded to American freeways” meant nationwide, not only California (and Arizona)
yea I agree that is how I had read it at first glace as well!
