Google’s self-driving cars are confused by track stands because there’s no way for any driver, human or otherwise, to differentiate the first second of a balance-maintaining roll-forward from the first second of a “screw it, I’m running the light.”
I say this as a daily cyclist and regular driver in New York City. Track stands are the single most driver-hostile thing you, as a cyclist, can do other than intentionally cutting drivers off and making them ditch into shoulders to keep from killing you.
http://www.businessinsider.com/google-self-driving-cars-get-confused-by-hipster-bicycles-2015-8
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Meh, I’m bored waiting at lights and it’s a fun game to play. If I’m behind the stop line, parallel with a car, I think it’s rather obvious I’m not going anywhere.
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Sorry, as someone who’s pouring all his attention into making sure you don’t get hurt, your idle roll around is incredibly stressful for me.
Obviously you can do it if you want, but after now you can’t honestly pretend to yourself that it’s harmless.
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Track stands are the bicycle equivalent of spinners. Every time I saw those damn wheels out of the corner of my eye on my motorcycle I did a full on “brace for impact” preparation until I realized the car was not running a red light about to hit me.
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