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> A sunny day in Phoenix on a carefully controlled set of streets Not all days in Phoenix are sunny and 600 square miles is not "carefully controlled set of st

• wpietri 9y ago
  I can't go by mysterious, unspecified "signs". Not all days in Phoenix are sunny, but only 5% of days are rainy, and 0% are snowy. As compared with many midwestern cities, which get precipitation about a third of days. And all of which have snow, sleet, and ice to deal with much of the year. The current program says: "We’re searching for early riders in parts of the Phoenix metropolitan area, including Chandler, Tempe, Mesa and Gilbert." So it's definitely not the 600 square miles you claim, and I've seen no evidence that riders can go absolutely anywhere even in the test area. And I note none of the video was at night. Even the article you cite is clear that this is very limited, and that Waymo is intentionally avoiding disclosing a great deal, including where, when, who, and how much. Yes, this is very cool. But Waymo, as it should have, has clearly picked the easy place to start. For a domain this complex, the 90/90 rule definitely applies.