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PeterStueryesterday at 5:13 PM2 repliesview on HN

Imagine driving in a Waymo 'out of a raging fire'.

Talk about edge cases.

But, what would you do? Trust the Waymo, or get out (or never get in) at the first sign of trouble?


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breckinlogginsyesterday at 5:27 PM

Interesting question. If the Waymo was driving aggressively to remove us from the situation but relatively safely I might stay in it.

This does bring up something, though: Waymo has a "pull over" feature, but it's hidden behind a couple of touch screen actions involving small virtual buttons and it does not pull over immediately. Instead, it "finds a spot to pull over". I would very much like a big red STOP IMMEDIATELY button in these vehicles.

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kylehotchkissyesterday at 6:26 PM

I can! If the Waymo got you into one on the way home because Google didn’t integrate with watch duty yet, that’s plausible