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Does the fourth passenger sit in the "driver's" seat, or is it a three-packed-in-the-back kind of situation? Never seen a self-driving-car in person, but I ass
by drusepth 3y ago
Does the fourth passenger sit in the "driver's" seat, or is it a three-packed-in-the-back kind of situation?
Never seen a self-driving-car in person, but I assume it's the standard 4-seater sedan layout, right?
- rwmj 3y agoI wonder if there's some regulation behind why they haven't got rid of the traditional front-facing layout entirely and replaced it with train carriage style seats around a table?
- HyperSane 3y agoThat would be a very expensive modification to make on all their cars.
- windowsrookie 3y agoThese cars still have to meet all federal crash safety standards. Modifying the seating position would also require modifying the airbags, seat belts, seat belt pre-tensioners, etc. Then the vehicle would have to be crash tested again to ensure it is safe for the passengers.
- ilaksh 3y agoThey are vans.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> They are vans I was in a Jaguar. The one they show on their site [1]. [1] https://waymo.com/phx/ https://waymo.com/phx/
- eep_social 3y agoThey were vans: https://support.google.com/waymo/answer/13559409?hl=en https://support.google.com/waymo/answer/13559409?hl=en
- boulos 3y agoPart of this announcement is the completion of retiring our Pacifica fleet. So while we used to have the vans on the road in Chandler, you'll now see the same vehicles that were in Downtown Phoenix and San Francisco.
- icey 3y agoI haven't taken one since they announced the change (I'm in a part of Phoenix that's pretty walkable), but I think it will be 3 in the rear bench and one in the passenger seat. They've been pretty clear that they don't want people sitting in the driver's seat, and I'm guessing that will continue to be the case with this change.
- boulos 3y agoYep, three in the back and one up front, driver seat empty. (The door won't open for you anyway)