[rdoherty]

I've ridden a few times and their prices seem close to Lyft. I would happily pay a premium for the service they are providing right now. New, clean cars that drive very smoothly and lower rates of accidents than an 'average' driver. No weird smells, distracted drivers, inexperienced drivers, etc.

I think in a few more years with the amount of training their AI will have Waymo will be a truly incredible taxi service. It can only get better!

[dmix]

> New, clean cars that drive very smoothly.. No weird smells.

One concern I had is that once self-driving cars are widespread people might take advantage and treat them poorly with no human driver watching. Where a human would likely notice and deal with weird smells or things added by the past customer. Waymo-type service probably rely on reporting by passengers once the car already arrives, no? (I've never driven in one)

People might be treating them nice today because Waymo is a fancy new service in Jaguars that people treat as a novelty. Once those e-taxi services are under aggressive economic demands I'm curious to see how it plays out.

[eskatonic]

There have already been incidents of people getting frisky in the back of the robo-taxi. Cameras be damned, I suppose.

https://sfstandard.com/2023/08/11/san-francisco-robotaxi-cru...

[fragmede]

Ask Uber drivers. Other people in the car doesn't stop people, why would a camera?

[xnx]

Waymo's have interior cameras on their vehicles. Any rider that leaves mess will get a strike and probably be banned for repeated infractions. You're right, some problems will only be noticed by the next rider.

[PlunderBunny]

Does Waymo's app give you the ability to cancel a trip before the trip start, with no penalty?

[xnx]

Yes. I haven't had to do this myself, but I just read someones account of doing just that (because of delay, not mess).

[AStonesThrow]

Cancellation fees may apply, especially if you do it late, or you're a no-show.

If you purchase a GoPass, you'll receive a 10% discount on all rides, and 5 free cancellations.

[dzhiurgis]

Ahhh yes and your google account deleted for using hate speech while riding?

Or will you ever be able to reach support once car takes you to wrong location?

[xnx]

The microphones inside the vehicle are only activated when you contact rider support. Maybe the cameras can do HAL-style lipreading...