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Of course they're not going to unload hundreds of people onto it all at once. Would you? Of course safety drivers are going to be there for a while. Was the pe
by jfoster 8y ago
Of course they're not going to unload hundreds of people onto it all at once. Would you?
Of course safety drivers are going to be there for a while. Was the perception really that they would test a bunch and then just pull all of the drivers immediately after? Why would they take such a risk when they can afford to have the drivers monitoring for a while?
- arbie 8y agoExactly right. It's almost like the tech press wants Waymo to aggressively pursue a very public failure. Even one disengagement every 5000 miles without human backup will be perceived as apocalyptic when your fleet drives thousands of trips a day.
- oldgradstudent 8y agoThey've "launched" a "commercial" service, and claimed that their some of their early riders moved to the new service with no NDA. Where are those social media posts? Waymo's PR is getting more and more divorced from reality with every announcement.
- jfoster 8y agoTheir announcements do seem to be a certain amount of time ahead of reality. They announced the early rider programme having started at least a few weeks/months before the evidence of it started showing up, and it looks the same this time. My take on that is that it's okay. They're being cautious.
- Dylan16807 8y ago> Was the perception really that they would test a bunch and then just pull all of the drivers immediately after? If it's after an extended test period, it's not "immediately". But yes, the perception was that they would test a bunch and eventually pull the drivers out of the typical car. And that they would need to do this before it could be considered a proper launch.