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I've been riding Waymo in Austin for several months as an early. They service the central Austin area. In that area, they've generally been available within 5-1
by thefourthchime 2y ago
I've been riding Waymo in Austin for several months as an early. They service the central Austin area. In that area, they've generally been available within 5-10 minutes.
The routes it takes are optimized for safety, if you compare the time of arrival between Waymo and Google Maps it's typically 20-30% slower to get there.
Most of the rides have been without issue, but I have had some things happen:
- It hesitated in the middle of an unprotected left on Lamar and had a car honk at
- It used a bus-only lane.
- It stopped in the middle of the street to drop me off a couple of times, annoying other drivers.
- I've had it get stuck, and it called support to get it out.
Overall, they are great but imperfect right now; I'm sure they'll fix these as time goes on.
- chasebank 2y agoIs it cheaper?
- thefourthchime 2y agoit was free since i was on a trial, I'll be curious to see how it's priced now that it's public.
- hsnewman 2y agoWait, you had to call service to "get out"? What if there is an emergency and you need to get out?
- Arainach 2y ago"get it out" where "it" is the Waymo vehicle - that is, the passenger could have (if safe) left the vehicle at any point but they encountered a situation where the software was unable to proceed and needed a human to control the vehicle
- pnw 2y agoThe human never controls the Waymo directly. The remote operator looks at the situation, labels the environment as needed and the AI driver remains in control.
- kentm 2y agoThey mean getting the car out of the situation, not them being unable to leave the car. Definitely a concern if the car is stuck and it’s unsafe to leave the car, ie on a busy highway.
- Swizec 2y ago> Wait, you had to call service to "get out"? In my SF experience, the car got stuck. Trying to leave my pickup spot into rush hour traffic and nobody would let it in. The car then called support and had a human driver do some city-appropriate aggressive driving to force its way into the lane. > What if there is an emergency and you need to get out? I could open the door at any time and leave. But was curious to see what would happen.
- jennyholzer 2y agoI would bully the fuck out of any Waymos I saw on the road
- pmg101 2y agoWhy?
- FredPret 2y agoNo good robot goes unpunished
- rossdavidh 2y agoYou are probably not alone.
- spelunker 2y agoDoes the car react to being honked at?