In the middle east we often give way to other people by using the hands to show a “Here, please pass” gesture. It greatly accelerates the traffic because then pedestrians or cars don’t doubt your intention and can engage on the street.
Do you do the same in LA for left turns, and did Waymo find a replacing clue?
Not OP, but I would guess he is talking about completing an unprotected left by pulling out into the intersection, waiting for the opposite traffic’s light to turn red and for those cars to stop, then completing the left as the cross-traffic’s light turns green.
It’s kind of sketchy and probably legally dubious, but it’s the only way to turn left on busy intersections without a protected left. I’d feared that a Waymo would get stuck in such situations indefinitely, but they seem to be perfectly comfortable performing these left turns as a human would.
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In the middle east we often give way to other people by using the hands to show a “Here, please pass” gesture. It greatly accelerates the traffic because then pedestrians or cars don’t doubt your intention and can engage on the street.
Do you do the same in LA for left turns, and did Waymo find a replacing clue?
Not OP, but I would guess he is talking about completing an unprotected left by pulling out into the intersection, waiting for the opposite traffic’s light to turn red and for those cars to stop, then completing the left as the cross-traffic’s light turns green.
It’s kind of sketchy and probably legally dubious, but it’s the only way to turn left on busy intersections without a protected left. I’d feared that a Waymo would get stuck in such situations indefinitely, but they seem to be perfectly comfortable performing these left turns as a human would.
They should update the driving test to say left on red is okay for the first 2 and a half vehicles
then it wont be legally dubious