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00:00 Car ariving
00:29 Ride start
01:29 Unprotected right
02:04 Unprotected left
03:24 Lightly raining, slowly increases
06:10 Protected left
06:30 Starts raining for real
07:20 Disengagement
07:55 Rider support call
10:33 Blue checkmark explained
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00:00 Intro and hello!
00:23 Ride start
00:50 Unprotected right
01:06 Unprotected right
05:30 Unprotected right
11:50 Unprotected left
16:05 Wacky car detection (look at the middle of the intersection on the screen)
16:17 Protected left
16:50 Unprotected left
17:06 Should be cool pedestrian demo, but no
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Events:
00:00 Intro
00:28 Disclaimer and info
01:59 Car arriving, doesn't arrive quite as I expected
02:14 Boarding
02:42 Ride start
04:42 Unprotected left
05:30 Driving feel compared to Pacificas
05:58 Stop sign left turn
06:10 Speed bumps
06:28 Unprotected right on busy street
09:38 Unprotected left, busy street
10:48 App screen recording
10:57 Right turn on yellow
11:14 Driving behind electric scooter
11:36 Light rail on rider screen
14:02 Protected right with pedestrian in crosswalk
14:15 Unprotected left but not that exciting
14:31 Unprotected left but not that exciting
14:45 Four way stop
14:55 Pull over stop
15:59 Ride resumes and close but don't touch
16:20 Right turn, yielding to pedestrians
16:40 Quickly changing lanes to avoid pedestrians in the road
17:23 Unprotected right, stop sign
17:55 Four way stop
20:51 Unprotected left, but not that exciting
22:22 Tracking a lot of pedestrians simultaneously
22:39 Passing a truck with the back open and ramp down, tight-ish squeeze
23:17 Four way stop
23:31 Ride stop and resume
23:57 Unprotected right, pacing light rail train
24:34 Little bit nervous around pedestrians close to the curb, but very smooth handling
27:57 Four way stop and screen visual glitch
28:32 Unprotected right
29:05 Unprotected left
29:30 Yielding to pedestrians in crosswalk
32:16 Roundabout
32:32 Avoided my three point turn spot noooo
32:50 New warning chime that alerts you if there's a car coming when you're about to open the door
35:17 Unprotected left, stop sign
35:45 Right turn into neighborhood
36:28 Unprotected right and left lane change
41:47 Protected left
42:19 Yielding to emergency vehicle
43:20 Unprotected left
43:31 Gets stuck right after left turn, routing went a bit funky
44:10 Fleet response team intervenes remotely
44:30 Rider support calls in and end of fleet response interaction
45:03 Neighborhood stop sign
46:01 Unprotected right out of neighborhood
46:14 Protected right and trying to decide which lane to go in (watch the screen path)
49:20 Unprotected left but not that exciting
51:33 Unprotected left
51:58 Being cautious around pedestrians
52:38 Crazy unprotected right
53:07 Stopping at flashing yellow
53:58 Bit of steering wheel shaking through the intersection
54:57 Spotify test
55:34 Dude ahead can't decide which lane to be in
58:50 Protected left and GoPro dies
59:30 Unprotected right and GoPro returns
1:00:35 Four way stop
1:01:05 Four way stop
1:01:25 Four way stop
1:02:00 Non-standard intersection
1:02:30 Four way stop
1:02:45 Four way stop
1:03:02 Yielding to pedestrians at four way stop
1:04:00 Yielding to pedestrian in crosswalk
1:04:26 Unprotected left and yielding to pedestrians in crosswalk
1:05:21 Through yellow light and swinging around a bus
1:05:38 Ride end
Questions for Reed:
06:40 How did you guys launch so quickly?
07:30 What sort of localization changes are made to the Waymo Driver between cities?
11:18 How do you choose the service area?
12:47 What's the deal with railroad tracks?
14:00 How the service area will change over time
20:17 What plays into the UX differences between generations?
26:59 What factors are involved in choosing available pickup/dropoff spots?
38:03 What's the deal with Spotify?
39:42 Plan with I-PACEs in Chandler?
43:00 Will you merge the service areas?
45:30 Is there any way for the rider to tell that the car is being given remote support?
48:57 How does the number of support crew change over time?
56:38 Funniest edge cases you've seen?
1:00:20 Interesting point about LiDAR and stop signs
1:04:20 Announcement voice?
I apologize for the rendering error at
02:28
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6mmjqJeDw0
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00:00 Hailing the car
00:45 Drive starts
01:10 Four way stop
02:02 Four way stop
02:50 Four way stop
03:30 Stop light
05:00 Four way stop
05:52 Much better routing, no more weird twists… ish
06:05 Four way stop left turn
06:53 Right turn on a speed bump
07:30 First bit of weird braking
08:40 Stop light
08:50 Teeny bit of a bumpy stop
10:33 I don’t quite understand the routing
11:05 Teeeeeny bit of shake on the right turn
11:20 Nice left there
11:40 Stop sign right
12:37 Odd stop sign encounter and twitching
13:15 Nice left turn
13:50 Left turn
14:15 Little bit of wheel twitch on speed bump
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00:00 Car pulls up
00:13 Ride start
01:56 Stop sign right
03:50 Unprotected right
06:10 Slow by 10mph for landscape truck
12:23 Tow truck in the right lane
16:45 Cross-intersection lane change?
17:40 Sorta
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNmPzgQQbLM
As in--I had set out to prove that Waymo has no issues with railroad tracks, but instead I ended up more confused.
Anyway, enjoy!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOuZKF0aUBE