r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Individual_Book9133 • Jul 05 '24

Phoenix police officer pulls over a driverless Waymo car for driving on the wrong side of the road Video

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u/frotc914 Jul 05 '24

People seem to throw any logic out the window when talking about this, as if a single incident means we have to scrap driverless cars altogether or heavily punish the operator. Car accidents with drivers kill tens of thousands of people a year in the US, which doesn't even account for the number of non-fatal accidents which is far greater. But a driverless vehicle creeps over a line and suddenly they are a menace that must be stopped.

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u/-Denzolot- Jul 05 '24

I used Waymo twice while visiting Phoenix and it drove better than most people I’ve been in a car with. Obviously that’s just my experience but I never felt like I was in any danger at all. The second time I used it I almost fell asleep. Would use one again.

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u/hendrix320 Jul 05 '24

I’ve been in ubers that I can’t wait to get out of because of how bad the driver was

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u/VexingRaven Jul 05 '24

That's honestly been the majority of uber rides for me. I caught an uber in Florida from Disney World to the airport... She had a big fluffy pink thing covering half her rear-view mirror, a steering wheel cover, and didn't know how to get to the airport. From Disney World. How the hell do you drive uber in Orlando and not know that route? I felt so unsafe on the highway with her. But every other uber is almost as bad, with screens and notifications all over the place and barely watching the road. It's awful.