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Seemed like it fairly good from what I heard. It didn't crash which is the bar they are going for. Driving past a place not only is ok I'd be more than comfortable having the car do so. The issue opponents are going to have in the future is when waymo actually has a chance to go to the general public in one of these cities and doesn't crash. The number of riders will easily outstrip the people screaming. Just like the scooters they will leave for a while but the damage will have been done. There are no fans currently that depend on this but thats easily going to not be true.



I agree. When I'm dropping someone off, I often drive past the intended drop point, let them out across the street, etc, because there is an unreasonably high cost to hitting the exact drop point. It sounds like self driving cars are only allowed to do exact drops, which is an irrational constraint IMO. Clearly there's a trade-off between trip time and drop accuracy, and time is usually 10x more important than accuracy.


> ...because there is an unreasonably high cost to hitting the exact drop point.

That is literally the difference between a professional driver and a "ride share" amateur.

Yeah, yeah, cheap shot but those ride share drivers drive me crazy with their antics.


Yeah I don’t necessarily care if it doesn’t take the most efficient route if it’s within a reasonable amount of time and the ride is pleasant, and I’m not getting charged extra for the detour. Going around the block seems okay, but not taking the freeway and it taking 20 minutes longer definitely isn’t.




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