Waymo Hits a Rough Patch in Washington, DC
Wired reports that Washington DC politicians have seen how things have gone elsewhere and want some good answers about safety before allowing Waymo to operate in the city.
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KTLA 5 – California union believes Waymos should be off the streets
KTLA reports that the California Teamsters union is pushing to get Waymo robotaxis off the streets due to them recently hitting and injuring a child and also going passed stopped school buses illegally.
Waymo is going to have fun burning through another $16 billion
Waymo announces in their blog that they have raised another $16 billion and are now valued at $126 billion. Given they have a hopelessly money losing venture it is a shame that the money couldn't be spent on street safety infrastructure instead and actually make a difference.
TechCrunch – Waymo robotaxi hits a child near an elementary school in Santa Monica
TechCrunch reports that a Waymo struck and injured a child. Waymo falsely claims that their system is safer than a human driver in this situation. But the reality is that the Waymo vehicle was not even carrying a passenger. It was driving empty. If a vehicle is owned and operated by a person than it wouldn't have been making that trip in the first place, thus sparing the child from being hit.
electrek – Tesla’s own Robotaxi data confirms crash rate 3x worse than humans even with monitor
electrek reports that Tesla continues to try to hide as much as their safety data as possible, yet the data available still shows that they have a 3x crash rate compared to human drivers.
TechCrunch – Waymo probed by National Transportation Safety Board over illegal school bus behavior
TechCrunch reports that Waymo is under yet another investigation for violating traffic safety laws and passing by stopped school buses, some with children crossing the street. This investigation is by the National Transportation Safety Board. They do not actually regulate the Waymo robotaxis, but they are experts in conducting safety investigations.
electrek – Tesla didn’t remove the Robotaxi ‘safety monitor’ – it just moved them to a trailing car
electrek reports on how Tesla robotaxis are still in no way automomous. Musk recently announced that Tesla would be operating service without a safety driver human in the car. Turns out the safety human is simply in another car following close behind. Just as the Tesla Optimus "robots" are simply teleoperated puppets, the Tesla robotaxis aren't actually autonomous. But hey, expect lots of BS at the earnings announcement on January 26 in order to keep the stock inflated as much as possible.
SF Chronicle – Parents are letting teens ride in Waymos without an adult. That poses a dilemma for the company
SF Chronicle reports that parents continue to knowingly break California regulations and allow their kids to ride in Waymos unaccompanied. And Waymo doesn't seem to care in the least that they are regularly violating their state permit. What could possibly go wrong??
A love song to robotaxis and food delivery clankers
Fun!
Mission Local – Zoox confirms its autonomous car struck vehicle, injuring S.F. street ambassador
Mission Local reports that indeed, a Zoox vehicle struck another car, resulting in an injury and damage to both vehicles. And Zoox isn't even providing full passenger service yet.
How many Waymos does it take to completely block an intersection? Quite a few! But unfortunately they managed to do so.
Waymo does it again. A whole flotilla of them managed to block quite a large intersection. This occurred because they still do not "know" how to handle traffic signal outages.
SF Chronicle – Waymo scolded by judge after robotaxi company refuses to discuss details from power outage
SF Chronicle reports that Waymo continues to try to hide necessary safety related information about the extensive problems that occurred during the power blackout. They clearly are trying their best to not work with the regulators.
SF Chronicle – Inside Daniel Lurie’s handling of Waymo crisis during S.F. power outages
SF Chronicle reports on the buffonery that occurred between City Hall and Waymo during the recent power outage. Clearly neither the city nor Waymo was prepared for such a serious problem.
And it is definitely past time for Mayor Lurie to acknowledge that illegally allowing Waymos on car-free Market Street was a huge mistake on his part.
Waymo thinks it is public transportation
Waymo vehicle shows incredibly poor and dangerous driving as it gets stuck on a light rail track with a train approaching just behind it. The passenger wisely got the heck out of that vehicle. Another unhappy Waymo customer!
Bloomberg – We Still Don’t Know if Robotaxis Are Safer Than Human Drivers
David Zipper reports in Bloomberg on how regardless of the debate of whether robotaxis are safer or not, there are definitely many better ways to improve traffic safety. Just look at cities that are already much safer.
