Tgar is taking His first Waymo ride. Please make it stop!!!
Anybody ever take Waymo?
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FINg Hell. Terrified. All for a buttermilk biscuit smothered in fried chicken, pickles and honey.
AKA, a heart attack for a heart attack.
I’ll take the computer cars over humans. From ChatGPT:
A new Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) study published in July 2026 found that Waymo’s driverless vehicles were involved in 68% fewer police-reportable crashes per mile than human drivers in the same locations and years. The study covered about 50 million miles of fully driverless Waymo operation in San Francisco, Phoenix, Los Angeles and Austin.
There’s actually newer Waymo data
Waymo’s own analysis through March 2026—covering 220.6 million fully autonomous miles—shows even larger reductions for serious crashes: 94% fewer crashes causing serious or fatal injuries, 82% fewer crashes involving any reported injury, and 82% fewer crashes involving an airbag deployment, compared with its human-driver benchmarks.
A new Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) study published in July 2026 found that Waymo’s driverless vehicles were involved in 68% fewer police-reportable crashes per mile than human drivers in the same locations and years. The study covered about 50 million miles of fully driverless Waymo operation in San Francisco, Phoenix, Los Angeles and Austin.
There’s actually newer Waymo data
Waymo’s own analysis through March 2026—covering 220.6 million fully autonomous miles—shows even larger reductions for serious crashes: 94% fewer crashes causing serious or fatal injuries, 82% fewer crashes involving any reported injury, and 82% fewer crashes involving an airbag deployment, compared with its human-driver benchmarks.
I’m used to not having a conversation with the cabby, anyway.
You’re asking the wrong person. Be grateful there isn’t a spring mechanism on the seat that would eject you through the sunroof. (That particular technology isn’t expected to go online until early 2028, is my understanding.)Is Waymo programmed to tell me to go f*ck myself?
I was in a cab in Chicago one time getting onto an expressway, and the cabbie slammed on the brakes, pulled over and got out of the cab. 30 seconds later he comes back and says "That's a damn nice shirt someone lost there!".
I could always make my students laugh. It is, I suppose, a strange thing to be proud of but I am proud of that. Two good proofs and three good laughs in every class! It’s a skill, making yourself the butt of every joke, you should see me riff in American Sign Language.You should do standup.
Used them twice this weekend on a trip to Austin. I purposely only used them for short trips but it went smooth. Not sure I could use them for highway trip though.
The computers are going to tell you to trust the computers. Got it.
This will never work. Trust me.
The computers are going to tell you to trust the computers. Got it.
This will never work. Trust me.
“Just what do you think you’re doing, Dave?”
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I think Massimo had a flying AMC for his runway property, but he upgraded to the Eagle so he could take off and land in the snow.
I took it on New Years Eve. I have an older Tesla and don’t trust Full Self Drive (on my model year), but I didn’t have an issue trusting Waymo.
I recently had a loaner Tesla and I used FSD without a problem. The new models rely on more and better cameras.
I recently had a loaner Tesla and I used FSD without a problem. The new models rely on more and better cameras.
Isn't everybody?Is Waymo programmed to tell me to go f*ck myself?
Not sure if you are being facetious or not, but self-driving cars are absolutely going to be standard in the future. There's a reason the pilot isn't flying your airplane as it hurtles 500 mph across the sky - it's safer on autopilot.The computers are going to tell you to trust the computers. Got it.
This will never work. Trust me.
Yep, you need to upgrade to 2024 model year or newer - Hardware 4 supports the latest version of FSD. Its FSD function is phenomenal.
It is a good assumption to make for any of my posts that I am being facetious, joking, etc. Although, there is usually a little truth in jest.
Waymo was relying on factory Jaguars. The new purpose-built Tesla Robotaxis eliminated them.
Zoox goes one step farther with a total purpose built autonomous cab. No front or back no steering wheel or controls of any kind. Like the cabs in Total Recall minus the talking mannequin.......
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