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As someone who’s visually impaired and can’t drive, this makes me so excited! Hopefully within a decade I’ll be able to get a completely self driving car that’s commercially available
@@jayinhd4296 you can use voice to type and listen to the video - plus impaired doesn't make you blind, does make you handicapped but not totally blind. No need for bashing just enjoy the moment.
You know you in LA when you exit the car at 6:01 and it instantly go from soft music to sirens 😭 even the car was like "yea get out I gotta get outta here, tip me on the app"
@@flybriur I was just joking. I live in Miami, I honestly don't know the geographics of Los Angeles or any part of California besides what I seen in movies.... Such as, boys in the hood, menace to society, South Central, etc 😂
I have experienced Waymo in Phoenix and agree the ride was very smooth. Also the cost was very similar to lyft and uber, cheaper even since you don't need to tip.
I drive these roads all the time. Not the worst roads to drive, but enough regular traffic that it's not super simple and completely relaxed driving either. Pretty impressive for a driverless vehicle.
I’ve ridden in a Waymo twice, in Phoenix. Both rides were amazing and just like you said in the video, very smooth it handled situations very well. No issues at all and like you experienced, I became very comfortable within minutes of the ride starting. Before my first Waymo ride, I was nervous and excited at the same time but after experiencing Waymo, all the nervous feelings went away. I will definitely use Waymo it again, hopefully many times.
I have dreames of this and i’m so happy it’s happening right now. Mabe in the future we don’t have to own a car. This could solve many problems in cities. Future is now.
I literally just had one of these things come through my parking lot lol. I dont know if it just dropped someone off and was then just conducting a 3 point turn, to get back to the street. But it pulled in next to my car, reversed, then departed up the street. Now im shocked to know that this damn thing was driving itself! what a time to be alive, man!
I’ve ridden in Wayne’s in Phoenix a lot of times and every time the drive is always very smooth and without any issue. I prefer them over normal ubers. The only thing is they take a more conservative route like side roads, they also drive the speed limit and do not speed so it can take a little longer to get to your destination than a normal uber.
@@chrisvela4860 They’re probably waiting for a ride to be booked they’ll sit idle parked on the side of the road instead of just driving around while waiting for a ride to be booked, to conserve battery.
i have a feeling Uber and Lyft will either be acquired by Waymo.. or create some kind of deal to license cars for them to use to help defray the cost of scaling to more cities?? the regular taxi car owners that have paid 100s of thousands of dollars for their medalions .. thinking they would never lose value.. and may even owe money in financing the purchase of those medalions or several of them will probably find the value in those medalions become alot less valuable.
@@syberpunk I think the message is being passed to Uber and Lyft drivers that driving a car as a taxi like driver is more of a temporary situation. And that they should be looking for other kinds of jobs for longer job prospects. I understand Waymo is hiring. And as the industry grows and more robo taxis are on the road.. there will be more support roles for humans through Waymo and perhaps other companies that provide robo taxis?
ive seen videos where the waymo cant deal with broken down cars in lanes, they think its just a stopped car and will wait there till a support guy calls you
@@ronjones3977 Ye the technology is not there yet. But this car is using AI, it needs to work through these situations and see other drives deal with them to learn how to deal with them itsself... That's why the tech isnt public yet, its still learning through exposure, once the AI will have enough of a dataset we will probably get this in normal cars aswell, tho its probs gon be hella expensive at first.
@@eliteiel9747 the thing is even with more training roads are ever evolving on a day by day basis.....can't really train an ai model on a data set that is effectively forever changing
Waymo's autonomous cars have been operating in the West Los Angeles area for roughly a year, and despite this, their driverless presence continues to trip me out. On another note, this video has reinforced my need for a Pocket 3 camera for run and gun footage. It produces quality that is quite satisfactory for this kind of video content.
I just really hope that they make driveless cars that we can buy and own instead of just using them for taxis. It would really help us all who don’t have our drivers license. I really want to have self driving car that I can own so I can go anywhere I want without having to pay. Hopefully they make that in the future so we all can get around more easier
When this becomes a regular feature in all cars it’s going to change the world. I think people will use their cars a lot more if they can just kick back and watch TV while they get chauffeured. And people might just take a bunch of joy rides and tours around the city when they’re bored. And you could easily take a trip somewhere 1000 miles away, just get in watch some movies, take a nap, and you’re there. And I think everyone will want bigger spacious cars, so they have lots of room to move around and relax while they’re getting driven. It’s going to change everything
Back in 2021 I took a Waymo with my little brother. The car got stuck for a moment trying to merge into a right lane. That lane is to turn into a Walmart parking lot. Well, a car was a bit further out than they should’ve been and the Waymo just sat there for a moment. I also noticed it BARELY made any left turns. It kept taking right turns to avoid all left. The only left it took was in my neighborhood.
@@kyefullwood3921 yea if you look at old videos waymo was driving way too passive. Only when the Jaguar came out did the driving get a little more aggressive. like I seen waymos overtake people on RU-vid if you drive under the speed limit which the old cars would never do.
Unprotected lefts with heavy traffic where you can't see the opposite lanes cars is hard enough for a human. Rather take a detour instead of risking a crash
With all the LIDAR modules on the car, it looks rather Cyberpunk, which might explain some of the asymmetrical and "external additions" to some of the cars in Cyberpunk 2077. Now I know the cars in Cyberpunk 2077 don't "drive" you around except for the Delamains, but they do have an Auto Recall function to get to you no matter what street or road you are on. It's safe to assume they can safely pilot themselves to your location no matter the distance.
ive been riding these a few times a week for the last year -- it is so sick! I will say, it is AMAZING when you have the pals after a night of bar hopping and you're singing songs drunk in the Robocar home
@@thewatcher5822 Well teslas just doesnt handle situations as well yet imo, it runs into trouble way more often. Plus this is google, you can imagine in like 10-15 years all cars will come with these sensors packed into them in some nicer way and this will be like an app running on your car. I don't think tesla will distribute their software but im sure as heck google would, for the right price ofc ahaha
@@eliteiel9747 From what I am seeing, Tesla are handling things far better than Waymo. Remember Waymo is operating in a very limited and structured way. Tesla FSD has no limitations as far as where it can go. Meaning it will have to deal with a far more diverse set of driving skills. FSD is not ready, it is making some very basic errors. But its driving now is human like, and will manage most situations, even complex ones with little issue. Tesla if they can make FSD work will have the cheapest most scalable solution to automation. Something Waymo will simply not compete.
I wonder how it would do on the snowy muddy sloppy streets in my town during a blizzard. San Fran, LA, and Phoenix are one thing, but how about Detroit, Cleveland, or Chicago?
The steerwheel is useless. They'll have to redesisn these vehicles specific for this activity. A lot of things can be tweaked in there geared towards security, ease of use for riders. This should be easy to do. Most important is navigation.
Very cool. I assume the cost for the ride is similar to an Uber or taxi? A key feature would certainly be the 360 sensing and viewing. That makes it better than human, right there.
The original decaf video led me to buying a decaf from a specialty roaster in town that I’m very happy with. It has restored my belief that I can have a good decaf coffee after all so thanks for that! That video has plenty of useful and actionable information
If most cars are self-driving, I would assume they could go much faster. If I can just snooze in the back, I don't think I'm flying. Even if it takes longer, you get in the car at your house and get out at the destination.
This is a good example for how perplexing it is that Tesla removed sensors when it's trying to implement "full self driving". I honestly think Tesla would be waayyy further along than they are if they had kept the additional sensors
Not really perplexing tesla just couldn’t afford it on mass produced cars hence why Elon wanted to move away (while shitting on lidar in the process to save face). Waymo can make it work bc of google owning them and financing whatever they need.
The extra sensors give the illusion of progress. What Tesla is doing offers far more advantages in the long run. Seeing what V12 is doing would say Tesla are set to dominate in this space.
@@Andres_Acosta No copium required. I have been following self driving for years. Waymo does have some impressive tech. But it is Tesla holding all the aces. As I said Tesla are set to dominate in this space from what I am seeing.
@@thewatcher5822 That doesn't make sense...at literally any point, even if they do dramatically improve things with just cameras, adding sensors makes it even better. That means every competitor that uses other sensors is going to automatically be ahead unless they make some serious missteps.
Introducing more cars to a city causes more traffic no matter what.. the best way to go about transportation is public transit like rail and busing. That car can hold 5 people at max a bus can hold 50 people and take up less space than the equivalent for the car. Let alone if you do rail it's significant more efficient due to it having very low friction to the rail. @@aweisen1
Actually waymo did ask to start testing in manhattan however the governor denied them out of concern for taxi drivers jobs so now they gonna test in upstate ny instead.
Wow, I was talking to techie friends and they convinced me that Driverless vehicles being mainstream was not in this lifetime. I don’t know. I think this is impressive.
This technology makes me believe that driving is soon going to become a purely recreational activity. If self driving keeps progressing it will soon be safer than having drivers on the road. Eventually driverless cars will have subscription services and we won’t even need to buy cars except to take to the track.
