Driving in thick fog is a big enough challenge for humans, but it turns out selfdrivingcars find it pretty tricky, too.
Overwhelmed by dense fog in San Francisco early on Tuesday morning, five of Waymo’s fully driverless vehicles suddenly parked by the side of a residential street in what appeared to be a precautionary measure, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. Another of its cars apparently came to halt in the middle of the street, the news outlet said.
Alphabet-backed Waymo confirmed the incident in a statement on Wednesday, saying that at around 6 a.m. PT, “multiple Waymo vehicles in San Francisco encountered very dense fog and determined they should pull over temporarily.” It said in the post that its fifth-generation imaging radar uses microwaves instead of light and therefore can see through things like fog and mist, while a new cleaning system had been designed to keep the cars’ sensors extra clean. But something clearly failed on Tuesday.
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