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Waymo routinely uses safety drivers, sorry, "autonomous specialists" when expanding to new cities[1][2]. Waymo cars occasionally contact the remote support. If

Waymo routinely uses safety drivers, sorry, "autonomous specialists" when expanding to new cities[1][2]. Waymo cars occasionally contact the remote support. If support is not available, the cars just stay where they stopped[3]. Tesla has rolled out a small number of cars with no safety driver[4]. In short, you are either grossly misinformed or intentionally lying. Is it a political echochamber you are stuck in? [1] https://waymo.com/faq/ https://waymo.com/faq/ "Our vehicles are primarily driving autonomously, but you’ll sometimes notice that our cars have autonomous specialists riding in the driver’s seat. These specialists are there to monitor our autonomous driving technology and share important feedback to help us improve the Waymo experience." [2] https://waymo.com/waymo-in-uk/ https://waymo.com/waymo-in-uk/ "Our autonomous specialists who are present in the vehicle during testing are highly trained professionals." [3] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c36zdxl41jro https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c36zdxl41jro [4] https://youtu.be/03e5ixbXIa4 https://youtu.be/03e5ixbXIa4

UltraSane 8mo ago
You are grossly misinformed. Waymo self driving never disengages the way Tesla FSD does. It is active at all times. In novel situations humans will provide instructions on what path to take but this is relatively infrequent. Tesla Robotaxis are so bad they need a safety driver in every single car at all times ready to take control when the car does something stupid. The small number of robotaxis without safety drives are limited to a tiny area and not open to the public. Waymo works while robotaxi doesn't.
- red75prime 8mo ago
  > Waymo self driving never disengages the way Tesla FSD does. It is active at all times Consumer version of FSD can park a car if a driver doesn't take contol[1]. Waymo seems to require a remote command to initiate parking instead of just standing there with hazard lights on[2]. > Tesla Robotaxis are so bad they need a safety driver in every single car at all times ready to take control Every single robotaxi in Austin doesn't have a driver behind the wheel. So a driver can't be ready to take control. Stop lying. I no longer believe that you are misinformed. [1] https://youtu.be/VU3i1Pgk4M0?t=1460 https://youtu.be/VU3i1Pgk4M0?t=1460 [2] https://waymo.com/blog/2025/12/autonomously-navigating-the-real-world https://waymo.com/blog/2025/12/autonomously-navigating-the-r... "We directed our fleet to pull over and park appropriately"
  - UltraSane 8mo ago
    "Every single robotaxi in Austin doesn't have a driver behind the wheel." Almost ALL of them do. And NO waymo's need them. https://electrek.co/2026/02/17/tesla-robotaxi-adds-5-more-crashes-austin-month-4x-worse-than-humans/ https://electrek.co/2026/02/17/tesla-robotaxi-adds-5-more-cr... Robotaxis is checkers compared to Waymo Chesss

UltraSane 8mo ago

You are grossly misinformed. Waymo self driving never disengages the way Tesla FSD does. It is active at all times. In novel situations humans will provide instructions on what path to take but this is relatively infrequent. Tesla Robotaxis are so bad they need a safety driver in every single car at all times ready to take control when the car does something stupid. The small number of robotaxis without safety drives are limited to a tiny area and not open to the public. Waymo works while robotaxi doesn't.

red75prime 8mo ago
> Waymo self driving never disengages the way Tesla FSD does. It is active at all times Consumer version of FSD can park a car if a driver doesn't take contol[1]. Waymo seems to require a remote command to initiate parking instead of just standing there with hazard lights on[2]. > Tesla Robotaxis are so bad they need a safety driver in every single car at all times ready to take control Every single robotaxi in Austin doesn't have a driver behind the wheel. So a driver can't be ready to take control. Stop lying. I no longer believe that you are misinformed. [1] https://youtu.be/VU3i1Pgk4M0?t=1460 https://youtu.be/VU3i1Pgk4M0?t=1460 [2] https://waymo.com/blog/2025/12/autonomously-navigating-the-real-world https://waymo.com/blog/2025/12/autonomously-navigating-the-r... "We directed our fleet to pull over and park appropriately"
- UltraSane 8mo ago
  "Every single robotaxi in Austin doesn't have a driver behind the wheel." Almost ALL of them do. And NO waymo's need them. https://electrek.co/2026/02/17/tesla-robotaxi-adds-5-more-crashes-austin-month-4x-worse-than-humans/ https://electrek.co/2026/02/17/tesla-robotaxi-adds-5-more-cr... Robotaxis is checkers compared to Waymo Chesss