A Waymo One Rider’s Experiences Highlight Autonomous Rideshare’s Shortcomings

Carl shared his insight into Waymo’s self-driving car services, which he’s used periodically over the past five months, with Futurism under the condition of anonymity, as he had to sign a nondisclosure agreement to take part in an earlier, experimental version of the autonomous ride-hailing service. But Carl’s experiences as he used the services in the patch of downtown Phoenix where they’re allowed to operate tell a different story — one in which Waymo’s self-driving cars struggle to make left turns, change lanes, or merge onto the freeway. Based on Carl’s account, it would seem Waymo programmed its autonomous vehicles to treat turn signals as an indicator that the car is about to execute a turn or merge, not an indicator that it is looking for the opportunity to do so.

Source: futurism.com