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Post by lokar »

smlacy wrote: post #237
postalrat wrote: post #227

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Do you think sitting inside you will be protected if someone has a gun?

So you're implying that someone in a locked Waymo was assaulted at gunpoint from outside the vehicle? These are rolling surveillance machines (in a good way?) and virtually every aspect of this would be caught on probably a dozen cameras. I'd be surprised if this hypothetical scenario has ever happened, and if it has, I'd love to see the evidence.

I think people vastly overestimate the extent to which would be criminals think ahead to the likelihood of being caught and the severity of the punishment.

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Post by calebio »

throwaway2037 wrote: post #209
isatty wrote: post #186

Earlier quoted context omitted.

San Francisco public transportation is neither reliable or safe enough for my family. The only thing that’s remotely decent is Caltrain, but that has the last mile problem.

I am on the fence about this comment. Without doxxing yourself too much, what neighborhood do you live and where do your children and (I assume) wife work? I would disagree for about 50% of the city in the "western zones". Sure, it is slow, but it is reliable and safe (both trains and buses).

The L-Taraval, at least historically, was not reliable between downtown and the outer sunset (past Sunset Blvd).

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Post by 0xffff2 »

thebigman433 wrote: post #307
0xffff2 wrote: post #224

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If two Waymo rides per day is covering your driving needs, there's no way you're spending $120/month on gas. Also, car insurance in CA is a huge ripoff, but I still don't pay anywhere near $180/month for very thorough coverage on my ~$40k car. Believable enough otherwise though.

What are your policy details and who is your provider for <180$ for "thorough" coverage?

Comprehensive, collision and 500k liability through USAA, $120/month. Deductibles are as high as they will allow, which is $1k IIRC. I was recently forced to consider a move to Utah. Thankfully I didn't end up moving, but a quote for the exact same coverage in SLC was just $40/month.

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Post by trhway »

faitswulff wrote: post #333

Waymo Premier soon to be followed by Waymo Mythos and finally Waymo: Tokyo Drift

Which will quietly drive you in circles and ultimately to a completely different location if your target location is associated with some things like security/autonomous/etc.

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Post by cflewis »

joshu wrote: post #257

i had a bunch of good rides and then one highly baffling route where it got off the road it was on to a parallel road, only to get back in the same road a few blocks later. this is literally within a few hundred feet of Waymo HQ so i don’t understand how this could go unnoticed. i haven’t used it since. the 25 minute pickup times don’t help. edit: i just checked the route. 27 minutes for pickup and it diverts 20 minu…

I think having highways turned off has really hurt pickup times and availability in South Bay right now. It pays to always book as far ahead in advance as you can.

There are places with construction where Waymo just seems to turn off the road and makes the car go around. But then taking away freeway access has made it more likely for vehicles to have to navigate these.

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Post by OkayPhysicist »

tencentshill wrote: post #35
ErroneousBosh wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That sounds more expensive than just owning a car.

That payment gets you a $28k used car at best, assuming no other costs. It won't be anything fancy.

My brand new Chevy Bolt only cost me like 22k, after the $7500 tax rebate. It's a perfectly nice car.

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Post by johnnyApplePRNG »

That first image there ... that does NOT strike me like the futuristic view I think their marketers thought it might.

It looks like two ugly regular cars covered in ad-hoc cameras and sensors like they're overengineering for something they don't truly understand.

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Post by nradov »

nfw2 wrote: post #320
nradov wrote: post #260

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Driving is actually not "very dangerous" if you're sober, not distracted, and driving a properly maintained modern car. Like most any activity the risk isn't zero but you can cut it down a lot. https://www.iihs.org/ratings/driver-death-rates-by-make-and-...

Drunk people hit sober people, most people get distracted sometimes, and oil changes don't make your car safer. Driving is very dangerous compared than transit. It is not very dangerous compared to knife fights or getting cancer.

I do stuff for fun that's more dangerous than driving so I guess perspectives vary.
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