Waymo

[Blake]

Waymo 'driver' cited after self-driving vehicle ignores barriers, drives into fire scene

SAN ANTONIO - A man in the driver's seat of a Wamo has been cited after the autonomous vehicle ignored barricades and drive onto the scene of a house fire.

news4sanantonio.com

I haven't really looked much at their news reports...I wonder how many citations the company has been issued and how that works.

I got caught behind one that stopped in the middle of the street backing traffic up to let passengers out. Any real driver would have pulled into the parking lot to let them out. I also wonder if they'll ever work stuff like that out too.

 

[Millennial_Messiah]

Very much against Waymo's. Haven't seen any in Texas yet. Saw them all over California and Arizona in 2021 and in 2025.

 

[spurraider21]

here in Vegas i see a lot of the amazon robotaxis. they look hilarious

 

[Millennial_Messiah]

here in Vegas i see a lot of the amazon robotaxis. they look hilarious

I wonder if it'd be possible to get arrested if you launched an RPG into one of those. No human, no murder, no case! Just a greedy trillionaire big tech corporation taking one on the chin. Fun.

 

[spurraider21]

I wonder if it'd be possible to get arrested if you launched an RPG into one of those. No human, no murder, no case! Just a greedy trillionaire big tech corporation taking one on the chin. Fun.

you would be in prison for a very long time

 

[Itzsoweezee]

I will never get in a Waymo after seeing one drive extremely recklessly last year in Phoenix. I can’t believe people are so willing to be guinea pigs for this shit

 

[Blake]

you would be in prison for a very long time

Wait... you mean you can go to prison for things other than murder? No way!

 

[Blake]

I will never get in a Waymo after seeing one drive extremely recklessly last year in Phoenix. I can’t believe people are so willing to be guinea pigs for this shit

Shit they still haven't even figured out school bus stops

NTSB says Waymo robotaxis illegally passed stopped school buses in new incidents

The National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday it is investigating a new incident in January of Waymo self-driving vehicles passing a stopped school bus with its ‌lights activated in violation of Texas state law.

www.reuters.com

 

[scott]

My Waymo story:

Used them in LA last fall. At one point, took one to my hotel near LAX. It dropped me off in a weird cul-de-sac next to a by-the-hour kind of motel a quarter mile away from my hotel. Apparently this is the designated "Waymo spot" for the area. Weird, but okay...

I call a Waymo later to take me to where I was going (was considerably cheaper than Uber/Lyft) and it wants me to go back to that same sketchy spot to be picked up. It's still daylight, so I'm not too concerned about it. Wait there for my Waymo, which finally arrives, drives around the cul-de-sac a few times and then drives off. App says it couldn't pick me up. Call another one... same thing happens. I call support, they tell me the car didn't think it was safe to pick me up so it left.

Really outstanding work. Haven't gotten in one again since. I actually thought they were pretty nice, tbh.

 

[NASpurs]

My Waymo story:

Used them in LA last fall. At one point, took one to my hotel near LAX. It dropped me off in a weird cul-de-sac next to a by-the-hour kind of motel a quarter mile away from my hotel. Apparently this is the designated "Waymo spot" for the area. Weird, but okay...

I call a Waymo later to take me to where I was going (was considerably cheaper than Uber/Lyft) and it wants me to go back to that same sketchy spot to be picked up. It's still daylight, so I'm not too concerned about it. Wait there for my Waymo, which finally arrives, drives around the cul-de-sac a few times and then drives off. App says it couldn't pick me up. Call another one... same thing happens. I call support, they tell me the car didn't think it was safe to pick me up so it left.

Really outstanding work. Haven't gotten in one again since. I actually thought they were pretty nice, tbh.

It thinks it's fine to drop you off in a seedy area but doesn't think it's fine to pick you up.