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First SF video of many goes out tomorrow 👀

And now, one on every Wednesday morning for the foreseeable future 😁

When I was a more active rider, around 10-15 minutes

Sometimes 5 minutes, sometimes 50 minutes. Depends on time of day and a bit of luck Though to be fair the last time I saw a 50 minute wait time was two years ago at 3am

As always; although there's only so much I can do without prior access to view the available pickup/dropoff locations

In the hypothetical (ahem) I get to record a video in an I-PACE next week, is there anything anyone wants to see specifically (I already found a three point turn spot)

Ouch, dude. I've gone to incredible lengths to stay objective in my coverage. My #1 rule is: if it happens in my ride, I post it--end of story. I also paid upwards of $1500 for all my rides out of pocket. Speaking of which, video #54: huge PR disaster for Waymo. (Look at all the news outlets...

And I have spent hundreds of hours of my life and terabytes of disk space to make this a reality. Nobody had be better saying there's a lack of Waymo videos from independent third parties 🤨

!!!!! uhhhhhhhhhhhhh I hope Waymo doesn't see that I did this 😬 Lol

Now that the series is over I can make some compilations, for sure. New schedule means it might take a few weeks though

Public passengers at least, yes

When they do I'll be right on top of it, keep an eye out for videos 👀

That means there will be zero chance of me accidentally seeing the computer 😟, like has happened previously (someone left the cover off)

In this post, they show the intention is to have the trunk open for storage. Waypoint - The official Waymo blog: Designing the 5th-generation Waymo Driver Would like to test this when the cars are introduced for passenger service, which... could be pretty soon? 👀

All the I-PACEs I've seen in Arizona say "Waymo Engineering" on the side in a somewhat out of the way place, is there at least that?

My website, Waymo Self Driving Car Videos - FAQ, first one The car has the same capabilities with or without a safety driver, they're only replacing roadside assistance

This one (yes I used the same thumbnail picture in both videos, don't @ me)

Yes.

Definitely, since the beginning of the video series I've been super focused on throwing all manner of weird edge cases I can find at it. Though it's tough since you can only pick the destination/pickup, I have no influence over the route. Mostly I found that interesting events still occur if I...

@willow_hiller All of that and more extensively documented on Video Archive (Last ~4 rides aren't in the spreadsheet yet due to forgetting/laziness, will fix soon) Out of all the disengagements I've seen, not one has been the direct result of a safety threat. (Maybe this last one is edging...

Ah, small detail but I actually hired the voiceover guy since I'd been looking for an excuse to, and like his voice. Danny Harmon, been following his YouTube for the better part of a decade. Lovely guy. But yeah anyway, definitely a weird video; lots to analyze

All this squabbling about what cities they go to like.... lol. Was gonna put a map but @Doggydogworld beat me to it. Y'all, this isn't that hard🤣

I suppose @Bladerskb already posted a link in the FSD Beta Videos thread, but I think it would probably belong here as well. YouTube playlist stats tell me I've published about 16.5 hours of Waymo content (with hours more on the way), and that's a lot of boring straight-line driving to watch...

Yea the only one I've seen them reinstate after taking it away was that one left turn with the disengagement. Also the In N Out burger but not sure if that counts since they never really removed it

In any case, I still feel safe in the vehicles--so much so that I have almost fallen asleep while filming a video--and I think that demonstration of a high level hands-off competency does a lot to ease the nerves. Even if it's technically phantom braking, it's really smooth, and I still get the...

If I might chime in here, I think I used the wrong word to describe these few occurrences. Phantom braking is a sudden slowdown or stop in response to a 'phantom' object, right? So in that case I'd argue 12:50 in my Remote Assistance takeover video is closer to an honest-to-goodness phantom...

For what it's worth, I've seen Waymo's camera wipers in action--got a video of it too if anyone is interested. I think it's already been passed around though

Apparently posting a link banishes my comment to the shadow realm, so I'll let Diplomat take care of that. Here's the video timestamps though 00:12 :D 01:40 Unexpected slowdown for unknown object 04:15 Two traffic lights in close proximity, nice edge case 07:33 Beginning of main city streets...

In case the full size of the service area doesn't come across easily on the map, this next video is a traversal of the entire thing. It's 40 minutes long. :D

Diplomat over here fighting the good fight, keep it up! By the way, the service area used go way past 87 and all the way out to McQueen, the old map is on their website: Waymo One App Experience – Waymo It's temporarily smaller right now until they let the safety drivers run with passengers again.

Not that I know of, unfortunately. I'll put it in a video if it does, though

Hi it's JJRicks here, have been lurking here for a few weeks since YouTube backend stats told me where some of the views were coming from. Just want to say I enjoy how hilarious these discussions are and thanks for posting them @diplomat33. (Not trying to jump into this argument, but...