Despite what Elon Musk would make you believeMost Americans are still a long way from driving a truly driverless vehicle. Unless you live near Phoenix, of course, where Waymo has offered paid rides to the public Level 4 autonomous vans for some time.
If, like me, you find that the idea of putting your life in the hands of the people of Silicon Valley is catastrophically nervous, look the other way because YouTuber JJRicks Studios has been doing not only just that, but the entire over an hour filmed long drive. The whole thing is - as we expected from Waymo, based on the release data released each year - pretty much uneventful, save for a close call with a truck that refused to slow down.
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Suppose you need a little refresher for self-driving cars. In this case, level 4 autonomy means that a vehicle can complete an entire journey without driver intervention, even without a driver, but the vehicle has some limitations. For example, a level 4 vehicle may be restricted to a certain geographic area (also referred to as geofenced) or may prohibit operation beyond a certain speed.
Would you hop in one of Waymo's vehicles and trust it to get where you need to go, or would you have constant flashbacks to the Silicon Valley episode where Jared was stuck on a cargo ship heading for a converted oil rig?
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A ride on public roads in Waymo One
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