We Followed a Waymo Self-driving Car for Miles, Here's What we Saw
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN mostly cites it critically as evidence that early Waymos drove hesitantly, though one commenter points to the full video for context on a braking incident.
What it is
Reporters follow Waymo self-driving cars for more than 170 miles around Arizona to see how they handle lane changes, accidents and traffic. The short video shows real-world driving behavior in 2018.
Recommended by 0 HN commenters across 0 different months, 2018 to 2024.
What Hacker News said
Cites cjhopman · 2018-12 · on “Anthony Levandowski: Pronto AI”
> In this video, the Waymo isn't avoiding a crash so much as potentially causing a rear-ender: [LINK] wtf. This is a shitty example. If you either (1) read the captions on the video or (2) watch their full video where they talk about this, you'd realize that the waymo car stopped because a car off-camera ran the red into the intersection and that braking actually was avoiding a crash (or rather, decreasing the severity of a crash). [this video]
Critical tim333 · 2019-05 · on “GM Cruise raises $1.15B at a $19B valuation from Softbank and Honda”
They have some quite impressive demo videos. Also they've been operating in demanding conditions compared to Waymo. eg NYC rush hour [LINK] Lane change in heavy traffic [LINK] while when reporters "Followed a Waymo Self-driving Car for Miles' the Waymos seemed to have some issues [this video]
Critical KennyBlanken · 2024-12 · on “Waymo will bring autonomous vehicles to Tokyo”
[LINK] > One of the world’s first fully-driverless taxi firms has been blocked from expanding its business in California, where several of its vehicles have recently been involved in accidents. > Waymo, which is the driverless car division of Google parent Alphabet, currently operates in parts of San Francisco. Attempts to roll-out its robotaxi service to Sunnyvale and Los Angeles were suspended for up to 120 days following a ruling by the California Public Utilities Commission’s Consumer Protection and Enforcement Division (CPED). Then there's the federal investigation for Arizona crashes: [LINK] Your cars honking at each other in their own parking lot, at 4AM: [LINK] Your cars getting conf
Critical KennyBlanken · 2024-12 · on “Waymo will bring autonomous vehicles to Tokyo”
They can barely change lanes: [this video] ...and are completely flummoxed by a couple of traffic cones closing off a lane: [LINK]