"This just happened! Waymo at fault. The hit vehicle appears totaled!"
OP: x.JPS857, San Antonio, TX
Waymo's redacted NHTSA ADS crash report should be publicly avail ~mid-July, unless this was manually driven (ADS not engaged within 30 sec of impact).
"It took us 1 hour to get home 15 minutes away. Cops tried to pull us over 5x before they realized there was no driver...so humiliating 😂 like we just sittin in the back and cant do anything"
OP: tiktok.thehoustonfoodie
Waymo is back in Houston and still getting stuck in puddles, evidently.
"Waymo was stuck on the offramp from 395 to Miami Beach and Alton Road."
OP: x.fox_sheldon
The off ramp is of the 40 mph speed limit MacArthur Causeway on the Miami Beach side and is technically not 395 (ends at Fountain), and from the looks of it and according to locals is a very bad spot to stop.
Waymo robots depend on the kindness (and work) of strangers:
1300 block of N Olive Dr, West Hollywood, CA
FWIW, it is illegal to block a driveway in California, unless w permission of the owner.
Scofflaw as a partially automated service.
OP: tiktok.cajaks2
Folsom St at Fremont, San Francisco
The curb cut and bikelane dashes where the Waymo robot stopped are for an entrance to the PG&E substation on the corner.
IANAL, but AFAIK entering & exiting the substation are the only legal non emergency reasons for a car to be where that Waymo stopped.
"we are here to help"
"here" in another state or country, definitely not there where you are, having to walk away from our failed robot.
"I'll never ride in a Waymo ever again"
OP: tiktok.alexandriavictoria__, Austin
Either the robot failed hard or Waymo telops were too busy or too incompetent.
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John Berry
John Berry
Among the less to never discussed issues/problems w accounting for ADS safety is how to account for the many (>k) crashes that have occurred during the wide variety of non-commercial driving necessary for the commercial driving, eg during testing, mapping, recovery, and manual driving.
John Berry
John Berry
John Berry
Rivian's CEO is going Musk, ie inflating expectations about AVs for sale to the public:
"I think a car that you buy in 2030, 2031, you will expect it to have capabilities similar to [Waymo in San Francisco now]"
which are a ~1400 sq mile operating area excluding fwys, snow, and rain w flooding.
John Berry
John Berry
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Another example of a Waymo robot that:
- evidently correctly identified traffic controls (cones and road barriers)
- didn't behave accordingly/appropriately and persisted in "planning" to drive through them but fortunately didn't
- instead failing in place
You gotta know when to walk away.
