Phoenix is a construction wasteland | JJRicks Rides With Waymo #89
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Curated Timestamps: 00:00 Costco escape test with bonus planner route shenanigans 02:35 Unprotected right onto busy-ish road 03:05 Slowing down around a bus 03:50 Flickery non-pedestrian on the screen 5:10 Construction zone on the right 08:25 Construction zone on the left 10:00 Cone flashing in and out of existence 12:27 Hey Luke!! 15:30 Unprotected left on yellow 16:15 Unprotected left and PUDO ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TppKiUb_ezQ
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00:00 Multistop wait time test
00:25 Car having a bit of trouble arriving
01:17 Boarding
01:59 Ride start
02:45 Tricky parking lot turn situation
03:50 Unprotected right
04:32 Bus glitching about on the screen
05:05 Protected right and weird u-turn using a cul de sac
05:50 Unprotected right
06:56 Unprotected left
07:45 Stupidity ensues
10:45 Car hangs back super far at the light (probably because of the parking lot entrances to either side?)
17:49 Protected left
18:00 Attempted right lane change
18:22 Sorry about this, no idea how it happened but too late to fix
20:36 Protected right
21:54 Stop sign unprotected left
23:07 Entering parking lot
23:51 In-N-Out stuck spot test
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l4cDpPawAGk
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I take a few rides in Waymo's fleet of SAE Level 4 fully self-driving cars.
Chapters:
00:00 Ride #1
25:15 Ride #2
43:23 Ride #3
01:02:31 Ride #4
Highlights:
Three point turn - 00:51
Avoiding rogue truck - 05:41
Somewhat a construction zone - 06:50
Busy unprotected left turn - 18:04
Two tight squeezes - 23:37
Gun it! - 38:41
Cul De Sac - 42:06
How to summon a ride - 42:45
Construction zone - 46:29
Avoiding reckless guy on unprotected left turn - 01:00:30
Parking lot mayhem - 01:01:02
Parking lot mayhem 2: pedestrians - 01:03:40
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBJ0GvsQeak
In this video, I catch W240, a windmill train bound for Flint, MI, and a few other freights.
Trains in this video:
W240
Q328
Q329
Locomotives in this video:
UP 7350 - C45ACCTE
UP 7711 - C45ACCTE
UP 7748 - ES44AC
UP 8819 - SD70ACe
CSXT 799 - ES44AC-H
CSXT 5467 - ES44DC
CSXT 3413 - ET44AH
CSXT 947 - ES44AC-H
CSXT 5479 - ES40DC
CSXT 90 - AC44CW
Thanks for watching!
Intro/Outro Song: Aero Chord - Time Leap
Color grading assistance from Collin.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjS1xNdEBHM
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00:00 Car arrived
00:11 Boarding
00:33 Ride start
01:08 Unprotected right
01:35 Music system explainer page and beginning of shenanigans
03:30 Cyclist
04:40 Protected right
06:40 Cool LiDAR point cloud demo (watch the bus)
08:36 Got Spotify to work...? nope
09:20 Getting cut off in traffic
09:45 Forced merge
10:05 Wait so it always stops playing at 8ish seconds...
10:50 Attempted left lane change
11:10 Abandons lane change at the last second
11:50 What about YouTube? no
12:30 Finally does the lane change
14:05 What about podcasts? Actually, yes
15:43 Unprotected left
16:05 Spotify???? Hello?????
16:25 Unprotected left
17:10 Parking lot/pedestrian shenanigans
17:20 Music system summary
17:30 Goes around a stopped car/close but don't touch
18:12 Roadside assistance is still following me, by the way
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9E64ZLEgUY
MP3 download: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tB54UswZRFPLlIwq0rkbRbGQwuzt5-Rh/view?usp=drivesdk
I managed to uncover some lost media and figured I'd give it a proper home on the internet.
This is the backing for track 3 "North Pole Express" from the album Winter Serenade. It was originally available on Jon's website for 99ยข, but disappeared with the transition to ThePianoGuys.com.
Posted with permission from Jeremy Crawford at ThePianoGuys.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZMR_XnlQCs
00:00 Protected right
13:15 Inching forward, being cautious
13:40 Unprotected left
15:35 Right turn/school bus
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXNBjKO-xRg
Not sponsored, endorsed by, or affiliated with Waymo.
Thank you to everyone at Waymo who made this possible!
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