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Is this one going to stop parking on the side of city streets with the hazards on the middle of rush hour? For all the impressive technological advances Waymo
by devmor 8mo ago
Is this one going to stop parking on the side of city streets with the hazards on the middle of rush hour?
For all the impressive technological advances Waymo makes (and don’t get me wrong, they are impressive), their cars are still a constant obnoxious menace to drivers.
- nradov 8mo agoAre they parking illegally and blocking traffic? The Waymo cars that I've seen parked on the side of city streets have been out of the traffic lanes but maybe I missed something.
- devmor 8mo agoYep! I'm not sure if they're waiting to pick people up or what, but they are straight up blocking traffic regularly in Midtown Atlanta. Usually its at least in the rightmost lane of a dual lane going the same direction, but a couple times now I've had to drive into the opposing traffic lane to get around them.
- standardUser 8mo agoMaybe the menace is the drivers. That's indisputable when you look at injuries per mile.
- devmor 8mo agoI don’t see many injurious car accidents in dense inner-city streets.
- jayd16 8mo agoYou mean double parking waiting for passengers? Its a taxi, so I doubt it. Maybe there's a way to tell Waymo that they keep using an illegal no stopping zone?
- devmor 8mo agoIn some cases, yes. This morning, though, I was stuck behind one that just decided to stop and turn on the hazards in the middle of a two-lane, bidirectional street with no parking. This has happened more than once. I believe they are waiting for passengers - they usually have some kind of LED display with what looks like initials on the topmost sensor when they're doing this.
- ted_bunny 8mo agoI do a lot of driving in Austin for a living. I am not a fan of these for several reasons. But on average they're quite competent and I see humans do dumber stuff all the time. I can also cut them off in traffic without repercussions!
- devmor 8mo agoI disagree, but maybe it’s because I only drive in the areas they operate during rush hour - when everyone’s decision making in traffic is extra impactful about causing delays. The places I see the most human error are the places Waymos don’t operate - interstates, highways and older narrow neighborhoods.