Would you take a Waymo? We want to know why – or why not. |
One of the first times I rode in a Waymo, we got stuck in an accident.
To be clear: It wasn’t our accident. A vehicle collision had taken over a major intersection in the middle of our route. It was one of those crashes that blocked traffic just enough to be an inconvenience, to require a quick-thinking, crafty driver – a human, if you would – to figure out a workaround.
Waymo, as you may know, is an autonomous rideshare company. No one is in the driver’s seat. (And don’t even think about touching the steering wheel.)
I sat there, helpless, as drivers around us maneuvered into our lane, figuring out long before our artificially intelligent pilot that to make a right-hand turn, you now had to go through a gas station parking lot. Simple! Smart!
Waymo is coming to a city near you. Would you ride in one?
Fortunately, after a series of........