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I've been taking Waymo in LA for about half a year now, and I love it and it's a great party trick (always pick up my dates in one lmao), but a handful of times
by dvt 2y ago
I've been taking Waymo in LA for about half a year now, and I love it and it's a great party trick (always pick up my dates in one lmao), but a handful of times it's (a) accidentally blocked traffic and gotten incessantly honked at (kind of hilarious considering there's no driver), and (b) went the wrong way on a one-way back alley and got stuck when a lady was going the opposite direction lol. Again, kinda funny when she started honking, got out of the car, and realized there's no driver. In the latter case, we actually had support call us in the car.
I think if there's something weird/bad going on, someone manually takes over (but not sure if that's confirmed or not). Still a cool experience, but the real world is a lot more complicated than it first seems.
Even with all that, it definitely feels like the future.
- mlyle 2y ago> I think if there's something weird/bad going on, someone manually takes over (but not sure if that's confirmed or not). Remote agents give the cars "advice" or label objects, but the car is free to not believe them. There's no actual remote control. If the advice is not enough, roadside assistance goes and drives the car manually.
- furyofantares 2y ago> a handful of times it's (a) accidentally blocked traffic and gotten incessantly honked at (kind of hilarious considering there's no driver) Interesting. Are you sure they aren't honking at you? I think your framing might be right but I'm not totally sure
- dvt 2y agoIt was right as we were getting picked up, the Waymo was kind of weirdly diagonally positioned, they were 100% honking at it hah.
- furyofantares 2y agoI love that so much