Waymo's Robotaxis Are Heading to Nashville. Everything to Know About the Self-Driving Service
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I got to ride in one a couple of weeks ago in SFO. Amazing experience. This is the future of transport in America, I'm convinced
Is there anything notable about it? Like did anything come up where the car had a hard time navigating?
Nothing. I rode several times.
Pedestrians, bad traffic, sketchy lane lines/stripes, etc were all easy. It even allowed a bit before passing over bumpy street tracks like a human driver would.
It veered a bit into a very wide open opposing planner of traffic to give someone unloading his car more space without having to slow down much.
It even briefly double-parked to pick me up when the curb was completely full near my pickup spot - but it did stop at the most open area of curb it could find.
It was really amazing.
I wonder if this was done as a FU to Musk and the hyperloop.
They've been doing beta testing and driving cars around to learn the roads for more than a year. It's been in the works for a long time.