<story><title>Singapore Is the Perfect Place to Test Self-Driving Cars</title><url>http://www.citylab.com/commute/2016/08/why-singapore-leads-in-self-driving-cars/494222/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheAtlanticCities+%28CityLab%29</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>uberstuber</author><text>&amp;gt;Perhaps they’ll also help with the Singaporean phenomenon of the seeming complete disappearance of taxis when it rains&lt;p&gt;Are self-driving cars able to handle rainy conditions? I&amp;#x27;m not in the industry but thought this was still an issue.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>1_2__3</author><text>The very fact that these manufacturers are being extraordinarily cagey about the circumstances under which their automation works and where it doesn&amp;#x27;t should tell everyone everything they need to know about how &amp;#x27;around the corner&amp;#x27; this tech is.&lt;p&gt;Think of it this way: non-optimal driving conditions is nowhere near the last hurdle for full autonomy. We&amp;#x27;re a long ways off.</text></comment>
<story><title>Singapore Is the Perfect Place to Test Self-Driving Cars</title><url>http://www.citylab.com/commute/2016/08/why-singapore-leads-in-self-driving-cars/494222/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheAtlanticCities+%28CityLab%29</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>uberstuber</author><text>&amp;gt;Perhaps they’ll also help with the Singaporean phenomenon of the seeming complete disappearance of taxis when it rains&lt;p&gt;Are self-driving cars able to handle rainy conditions? I&amp;#x27;m not in the industry but thought this was still an issue.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>deelowe</author><text>Weather is still an issue AFAIK. Perhaps a 3d visioning system can fix this at some point, but I don&amp;#x27;t think we&amp;#x27;re there yet as those solutions are too slow for RTC.</text></comment>