Tag: Road safety
Bikes for Everything, + Much of What I’ve Learned Riding Bikes for 75 Years (Part II Safety)
In Part I, I discussed how bikes and ebikes can be used for: Last-mile transportation in conjunction with public transport — you can take your bike with you on a commuter train, streetcar, or bus. Transporting our children with us on bikes with jump seats and with trailers. Bike transport … [continued]
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Waymo Showers Us With More Information On Driving Simulation
It’s been a busy week for Waymo. The California company, born out of Google many seasons ago, is at a critical point in its life and development. The company is on the verge of something, but that something is completely different depending on who you ask. This week, Waymo has … [continued]
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Op-Ed: E-Trike Safety Is Real — But the Failure Runs Deeper than the Vehicles
In my previous articles, be it reportage or opinion, I seemed to have taken the side of complete opposition. A motoring journalist friend pointed out how the real issue is safety. I partly agreed with him but argued that if we look at road safety in other countries it is … [continued]
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$16 Billion for Waymo to Dominate the Robotaxi Market in the West
There’s no doubt about it — if you stopped time today, Waymo would be named the robotaxi winner outside of China, or certainly in the West. No other company compares in robotaxi deployment to date. Now, there are companies that think they can catch up, or whose chief aim is … [continued]
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Waymo Responds Regarding Child Hit By Robotaxi — Important Notes
A Waymo robotaxi in California hit a child, a 10-year-old girl, this week. That headline is, naturally, going to get people’s blood boiling and fears soaring. But it’s quite important to look at the details before jumping to conclusions. So, the young girl apparently ran into the road after being … [continued]
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