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Edit: I'm wrong, misread the context of the quote. Please disregard the below. Thanks to the people who double-checked me! Despite the claims of "no human dri

Edit: I'm wrong, misread the context of the quote. Please disregard the below. Thanks to the people who double-checked me! Despite the claims of "no human driver behind the wheel", there'll still be what amounts to a driver, they're just calling the person a "specialist" instead of a "driver": > Just as we’ve done before, we'll start with Waymo employees hailing trips with autonomous specialists behind the wheel, with the goal of opening it up to members of the public via our Trusted Tester program soon after.

avthrowaway35 5y ago
Some of the rides going forward will include safety drivers, but no, this announcement is about how they took the “specialist”/driver/human safety operator out of the car for the first time in San Francisco. Edit: looking at the full context of that quote, they’re talking about their plan for removing the safety driver in downtown Phoenix. >Our commitment to Phoenix and the community there remains strong, and we’ll soon be expanding to another area: Downtown Phoenix. Just as we’ve done before, we'll start with Waymo employees hailing trips with autonomous specialists behind the wheel, with the goal of opening it up to members of the public via our Trusted Tester program soon after.
- RankingMember 5y ago
  You are correct, thanks for double-checking me. Updated my comment to indicate my error.
jefftk 5y ago
I think you're misreading the post? I'm interpreting that sentence as being specifically about the Phoenix expansion: "Our commitment to Phoenix and the community there remains strong, and we’ll soon be expanding to another area: Downtown Phoenix. Just as we’ve done before, we'll start with Waymo employees hailing trips with autonomous specialists behind the wheel, with the goal of opening it up to members of the public via our Trusted Tester program soon after." (Disclosure: I work for Google, a sibling company to Waymo.)
- RankingMember 5y ago
  You are correct, thanks for double-checking me. I've updated to my comment.

avthrowaway35 5y ago

Some of the rides going forward will include safety drivers, but no, this announcement is about how they took the “specialist”/driver/human safety operator out of the car for the first time in San Francisco. Edit: looking at the full context of that quote, they’re talking about their plan for removing the safety driver in downtown Phoenix. >Our commitment to Phoenix and the community there remains strong, and we’ll soon be expanding to another area: Downtown Phoenix. Just as we’ve done before, we'll start with Waymo employees hailing trips with autonomous specialists behind the wheel, with the goal of opening it up to members of the public via our Trusted Tester program soon after.

RankingMember 5y ago
You are correct, thanks for double-checking me. Updated my comment to indicate my error.

jefftk 5y ago

I think you're misreading the post? I'm interpreting that sentence as being specifically about the Phoenix expansion: "Our commitment to Phoenix and the community there remains strong, and we’ll soon be expanding to another area: Downtown Phoenix. Just as we’ve done before, we'll start with Waymo employees hailing trips with autonomous specialists behind the wheel, with the goal of opening it up to members of the public via our Trusted Tester program soon after." (Disclosure: I work for Google, a sibling company to Waymo.)

RankingMember 5y ago
You are correct, thanks for double-checking me. I've updated to my comment.