[tomblomfield]

I’m a big Waymo fan. Some of my thoughts;

Waymos are one of the first things that my visitors to SF want to try. It feels like living in a science-fiction future.

The ride and navigation feels very smooth - after the novelty of having no driver in the front seat wears off, you become accustomed to the experience surprisingly quickly. In comparison, I found the Cruise driving experience pretty uncomfortable and stress-inducing.

The app and software inside the vehicle is really well-designed. Which is unusual for a google consumer product!

And my female friends, in particular, far prefer Waymo to Uber or Lyft because they don’t have to engage with a creepy driver trying to hit on them.

I, for one, welcome our new self-driving overlords.

[firloop]

As I've mentioned on another thread, I just wish Waymo drove faster. They often don't keep up with the pace of traffic.

[callalex]

Maybe it is the traffic that is wrong? Vehicle-induced injury and death is still a huge issue, and marginal speed increases make no difference to overall trip times.

[andrewmcwatters]

No thanks. I want self-driving cars to obey traffic laws. It's bad enough people are incompetent.

[jacobjjacob]

One of the best things about Waymo vs Uber and Lyft is that they drive smooth and comfortable, they aren’t zooming around between every stoplight and making me carsick.

[tomblomfield]

Yeah I think you have to change the traffic laws for that to happen.

AFAIK, they strictly follow the speed limit, which feels too slow when everyone else is speeding.

[soramimo]

IMHO we should start enforcing speed limits.

[amanaplanacanal]

As they say, if you have to tell people to slow down, you designed your road wrong.