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Comment by zerotolerance | Hacker News Reader

I feel like this post and most (if not all these comments) are an ad.

My personal enthusiasm can come off this way, but I'm excited for it as a cyclist, someone whose brother was killed by a driver, and general cutting edge technology hobbyist.

Same here, as someone who doesn't drive much, and is generally a "vulnerable road user". I've seen Waymos drive. When they screw up, it's by stopping dead under an abundance of caution. They never speed. They can spot a ped or cyclist from blocks away. Every time I take an Uber home, the driver is guaranteed to drive 40+ on the 20mph road in front of my house while blasting through crosswalks with people waiting to cross. The data is not really in yet (still not enough miles to really say if they are safer), but they pass the eye test.

The rain will be a real test though!

> the driver is guaranteed to drive 40+ on the 20mph road in front of my house while blasting through crosswalks with people waiting to cross

...while high on marijuana and watching TikTok

> The rain will be a real test though!

Maybe, between the fog of San Francisco and the downpours of Miami, they Waymo Driver is very experienced.

People are interested as its a sci-fi promise long hoped to be filled. It is the first step to alot of other changes that will happen as higher majority of vehicles on the road transition to actual full self driving.

Self driving cars are such a huge quality of life improvement that people would advertise it for free.

I would rank it up there with mobile broadband and smartphones in terms of influence.

The amount of trips I would suddenly be interested in taking would skyrocket.

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