Watch This Driverless Vehicle Navigate Rush Hour in LA | Waymo Ride Along #15

Turns out most of LA driving is sitting at stop lights. I recommend skipping around with chapters below. Taken on November 4, 2023.
Key moments:
8:30 - Machine gun turn signal & stuck for no reason
10:06 - Unprotected left turn onto multilane road
30:26 - Two aborted pullovers and Coco sidewalk robot
31:49 - Waymo violates oncoming vehicle’s right of way
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0:00 Start
0:06 Moving the car at pickup
0:35 Pull out
1:02 Long winded discussion about queueing system
2:56 Green light launch on 40 mph road
4:28 Awkward trajectory for lane split
7:41 Unprotected right turn
8:07 Yielding to reverser
8:30 Machine gun turn signal & indecisive route
9:06 Stuck at stop sign for unknown with remote assist
10:06 Unprotected left turn onto multilane road
11:21 Slowing for unknown
11:43 Unprotected left turn
15:16 Tracking a lot of pedestrians
16:10 Nudging for vehicle with open door
16:29 Yielding to multi-point turn vehicle
17:15 Nudging for parallel parking car
17:37 Nudging for pedestrian in street
21:04 Entering parking lot
25:40 Smart key battery low
26:51 Slowing for vehicle with lights on
30:26 Two aborted pullovers
31:37 Coco sidewalk delivery robot
31:49 Unprotected left turn violating oncoming’s right of way
32:08 Pull over
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[@petecoventry6858]

Car got skills :)

[@JJRicks]

08:38 !!!! goodness gracious

[@L0rdLogan]

That remote on when the car got stuck was pretty quick

[@JJRicks]

31:35 Holy mother of traffic scenarios, cars and people everywhere, cyclist, delivery robot Amazing coverage, thanks for taking the time to make it!

[@charliedoyle7824]

Impressive.

[@JJRicks]

Cool insight about pedestrian detection! That was one heck of a busy corridor

[@JJRicks]

Interesting you can just move the pickup like that! I had no idea

[@TheHamoodz]

Awesome video! Random question, did that braking at 18:02 feel a bit too uncomfortable?

[@KevinChen5]

It wasn't uncomfortable -- just unexpected because the pedestrians were looking our direction and didn't have intent to cross

[@agildehaus]

I think the Waymo drives slow intentionally in areas where they feel they may not have mapped all the speed bumps.

[@JacobBarber134]

Why in the world did the waymo driver accelerate at that one stop light

[@KevinChen5]

which one?

[@tanvirhaque9696]

​@@KevinChen5have you noticed at night when a small projector reflects "waymo" on the street in front of car door? Is the projector in the lidar unit or under the seat handle?

[@petecoventry6858]

Sorry but is this not WHY? everyone on KZbin tieing the cars up for hours on end?