<story><title>Waymo shows off what it’s like to ride in a truly driverless self-driving car</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/13/waymo-shows-off-what-its-like-to-ride-in-a-truly-driverless-self-driving-car/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>drawkbox</author><text>Waymo cars are all over Chandler and Tempe in Arizona.  I see many on a regular basis with a good portion self-driving.&lt;p&gt;It is neat to see all the roads you normally drive in the self-driving videos and it is almost taken for granted that they are here [1][2]. Chandler has always been in early on technology due to many reasons but that lots of programmers&amp;#x2F;engineers work here due to intel historically, projects like Iridium started here, also one of the first places to get cable&amp;#x2F;broadband internet in the 90s.&lt;p&gt;With that said, Chandler is very easy to drive, square roads, good weather, clean roads, clearly marked and kept up, minimal freeway needed etc.  It is a great place to start but still lots for the cars&amp;#x2F;algos to learn, however it IS happening and I see it everyday.&lt;p&gt;Many of the videos are around Chandler downtown that is a bit busy and has lots of movement&amp;#x2F;pedestrians[3], so that is good that it is able to navigate that, it is close to busy urban environments.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=aaOB-ErYq6Y&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=aaOB-ErYq6Y&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=B8R148hFxPw&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=B8R148hFxPw&lt;/a&gt; (360 degree experience)&lt;p&gt;[3] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;youtu.be&amp;#x2F;B8R148hFxPw?t=1m50s&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;youtu.be&amp;#x2F;B8R148hFxPw?t=1m50s&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Waymo shows off what it’s like to ride in a truly driverless self-driving car</title><url>https://techcrunch.com/2018/03/13/waymo-shows-off-what-its-like-to-ride-in-a-truly-driverless-self-driving-car/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>montrose</author><text>Even though we&amp;#x27;ve all been thinking about self-driving cars for a long time, seeing videos of that steering wheel turning in the empty front seat is surprising. I upvoted this article just for those few seconds of video.&lt;p&gt;There&amp;#x27;s a whole class of things that are surprising when you see them for the first time, even if you think you&amp;#x27;re used to them. I wonder what properties this class of ideas have. Are they more exciting ideas? Do startups working on such things make more money? Or is the surprise merely an artifact of the degree and&amp;#x2F;or type of brokenness in our own mental models?</text></comment>