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Re: Waymo in Dallas

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Post by bijowo1676 » Tue, Aug 04, 2026, 7:43 PM UTC

semiquaver wrote: post #5

> Dallasites Is that seriously the demonym? Terrible. Try harder, Dallasites.

I like North Texans

Re: Waymo in Dallas

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Post by giancarlostoro » Tue, Aug 04, 2026, 7:44 PM UTC

yieldcrv wrote: post #18

Waymo sells itself People hate human drivers more than they hate the idea of AI drivers https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/04/business/uber-sexual-assa...

The real test is, can these self-driving cars drive I-4 without getting into any sort of wreck?

https://www.worldatlas.com/places/the-most-dangerous-highway...

Re: Waymo in Dallas

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Post by elianaive » Tue, Aug 04, 2026, 7:44 PM UTC

Keeps on being rolled out in red states while being delayed in blue states, quite unfortunate.

Re: Waymo in Dallas

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Post by mrtesthah » Tue, Aug 04, 2026, 7:45 PM UTC

elianaive wrote: post #23

Keeps on being rolled out in red states while being delayed in blue states, quite unfortunate.

Is it unfortunate, though?

Re: Waymo in Dallas

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Post by judge2020 » Tue, Aug 04, 2026, 7:45 PM UTC

matthavener wrote: post #16

daemonologist wrote: post #8

Service area: https://support.google.com/waymo/answer/9059119?hl=en#DAL

One admirable part of Waymo's service area in Dallas is it serves areas previously devalued by racist redlining. This is in contrast to Uber's Avride and Tesla's Robotaxi offerings, which stick only to the richer, whiter areas of Dallas https://techcrunch.com/2025/12/03/uber-and-avride-launch-rob... https://dallasinnovates.com/tesla-launches-robotaxis-in-dall...

I doubt the geofence exclusion is because of the demographics of those areas and not the demand for autonomous vehicles in those areas, although I don't doubt the latter is a result of the former.

Re: Waymo in Dallas

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Post by Geezus_42 » Tue, Aug 04, 2026, 7:46 PM UTC

Dallas drivers are bad enough already...

Re: Waymo in Dallas

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Post by dmitrygr » Tue, Aug 04, 2026, 7:46 PM UTC

elianaive wrote: post #23

Keeps on being rolled out in red states while being delayed in blue states, quite unfortunate.

"Maybe it's something you've got that they haven't got." - Owen Kellogg

Re: Waymo in Dallas

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Post by dgunay » Tue, Aug 04, 2026, 7:47 PM UTC

semiquaver wrote: post #5

> Dallasites Is that seriously the demonym? Terrible. Try harder, Dallasites.

It sounds too much like "parasite" for me to be comfortable using it. I'm assuming some random person made it up. It's okay to just say "people of/from ", guys.

Re: Waymo in Dallas

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Post by km3r » Tue, Aug 04, 2026, 7:47 PM UTC

elianaive wrote: post #23

Keeps on being rolled out in red states while being delayed in blue states, quite unfortunate.

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Re: Waymo in Dallas

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Post by hexis » Tue, Aug 04, 2026, 7:47 PM UTC

quxbar wrote: post #7

Here in Austin, I'm stuck calling an uber and hoping I get a Waymo. When does that deal expire?

It is so so so so so so bad to have to risk an uber every time I want to hire a Waymo.