Companies that develop autonomous vehicles often refer to the unexpected scenarios encountered while driving as “edge cases.” As Waymo recently discovered, these unusual situations don’t always occur naturally.
Jason B Carr is an eBike enthusiast and content creator in Arizona who recently discovered a fascinating way to trick Waymo’s autonomous test vehicles into stopping whenever he wants them to. Surprisingly, his method is low-tech: wearing a t-shirt with a good old stop sign printed on it.
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