Waymo FSD - Chandler to Tempe with Zero Interventions | JJRicks Rides With Waymo #23

[@slash196]

Thanks for tagging the events!

[@QiuArVee]

Who would have thought that watching a self driving vehicle moving through traffic would turn out to be such a relaxing experience? Awesome content!

[@JJRicks]

Hey thanks for stopping by!

[@petecoventry6858]

I am coming to this part of the world next month this will be great for me - No US licence and no need to worry about how to get about - love it :)

[@qr-ec8vd]

I love this!!

[@DerKatzeSonne]

Haha the intro with the computer voice exactly being the same as Waymo (-> Google, I guess?) really confused me first :D nice one!

[@aprilj1838]

I got a kick out of that too! He custom programmed the destination in the car to repeat that through the speakers. We laughed and laughed about it! Just loving all things Waymo, even the tiny details, like the voice of the “Waymo Driver” and the entry music.

[@qr-ec8vd]

keep going JJ !!

[@dmoney937dyt]

It got a lil confused wit your destination there, excellent video as always. Keep them coming

[@TheDiplomat27]

Thanks for the great video!

[@Xanthopteryx]

Please continue! I really like this! And all those things, like the problem stopping no, is nice to see. Shows a bit of how the system 'thinks' and so on. And i really enjoy when you try to make it hard for the system. I thought of one thing: That spot you put out cones in to make it reverse in a tricky spot: Can you find some peple with cars, and fill the parking spaces to make it more difficult for the car?

[@JJRicks]

Great idea! Yea now that I know what it looks like when the car gives up and asks for help, I wonder where the "line" is for that parking lot in particular

[@bungeeskunk]

Greetings from Canada! Me and my visually impaired friend visit Phoenix from time to time and I do not drive. This looks amazing! Question: are there areas left where there are stores and shopping area to visit? Not planning a trip yet, just curious.

[@JJRicks]

Yes, plenty of those!

[@英语不能用嘴说]

Thank you so much. Dividing the video into chapters helps a lot. Please also share more of your feeling since you have probably more experience than anybody else. How you see Waymo 5 years down the road? I do not see 100% replacing a driver, but probably 95-98%?

[@JJRicks]

At least in this area, hopefully!

[@runvnc208]

LOL "with zero interventions". Haha. Yeah we also saw that recent Tesla FSD beta video. Its funny because Waymo basically never needs interventions.

[@JJRicks]

I'm starting to get frustrated at the amount of attention those silly cherry picked FSD videos are getting. Only one way I can get a video to be an algorithm buster I guess. If you can't beat em, join em

[@runvnc208]

​@@JJRicks heh well realistically, the popularity of Tesla and Musk and his other projects is not something anyone can compete with on like a rational or merit-based level. Tesla cars, SpaceX, and Musk are basically like a religion. I mean I am actually a huge fan of SpaceX and everything, but just saying that the following for Musk and his companies is fanatical on a legendary level. So that is part of what you are dealing with. here is a short documentary that demonstrates what I am talking about: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmTYZomLmZyYr5o

[@steoell]

Waymo still uses remote assistence which would count as an intervention :)

[@JJRicks]

Right, but I didn't see any of the telltale signs of it in this video, namely hesitating and turning on hazard lights to be specific. So no interventions :D

[@Luke_Starkenburg]

Nice video, I like the commentary. The ending was interesting, starting with the “inconsiderate” motorcycle. I wonder why it missed the turn into the post office driveway! The cul-de-sac u turn around was interesting navigating around the parked car and truck. The interaction with the bicyclist made me a little nervous and all the garbage bins out in the street!

[@MisterMotel]

4:20 what is the point of that first traffic light? there is no road or anything crossing behind it that isnt covered by the second traffic light??

[@JJRicks]

Fire station

[@TheDiplomat27]

Waymo has said that the cars don't need an internet connection to drive. So I don't think it streams the map. More likely, the computer just glitched displaying the map. In any case, we see that the car was still able to drive autonomously.

[@JJRicks]

Ah yea I read that in the AMA, forgot that somehow when this happened. Though I was thinking more the visual map data rather than the... yea actually that doesn't make much sense at all haha

[@megastuffer]

Хорошему водителю карты не нужны)

[@megastuffer]

Привет из холодной Сибири

[@HardKore5250]

@@JJRicks What is AMA?

[@JJRicks]

An open Q&A session on the forum-like community reddit (Waymo engineers hosted one recently)

[@sureshchowta]

Just curious. How many trips did you complete?

[@JJRicks]

In total or just this video? If the former, 111 so far

[@sureshchowta]

@@JJRicks very nice. Thank you for the videos.

[@sparkey9098]

What happens if the battery gets low or low on gas dose it basically just say get out and go refuel or recharge or dose it take you with it

[@JJRicks]

I think they just ask you to exit, never been in a car that ran out of gas

[@sparkey9098]

@@JJRicks just ask you to exit half way to your destination or will thay send a 2nd one to take you the rest of the way

[@JJRicks]

Probably send another one

[@sparkey9098]

@@JJRicks it would be interesting if it ran out on you you and we will know what it dose

[@cycletofun9000]

Highway merging seems like it will be a tricky thing for AI to perfect. You have to go up to highway speed on the onramp, yet you don't have the right of way when you merge. It sounds like a paradox, if you stop and think about it. Maybe Waymo and other self-driving companies will need to concede that it can never be 100% safe to highway merge, and the AI will need to take some aggressive risks at times?

[@slonon6410]

how much does the average ride you take cost?

[@JJRicks]

JJRicks.com/ride-data

[@Barubindc]

How much does it cost?

[@JJRicks]

Heeeeere ya go docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1OiYGH4Vmdo_4HYMC9YVAz4M1lC8rCb8dYYptMd-GdZk/edit?usp=drivesdk

[@runvnc208]

It doesn't normally end up doing such long detours if it misses a turn does it?

[@JJRicks]

Hard to say, it doesn't miss a turn very often

[@li028-x9i]

Just wonder do you work for waymo to create these videos in the channel?

[@JJRicks]

I am completely separate from Waymo, just doing this as a hobby. :D I receive no financial compensation, and Waymo has no copy approval or say over any of the content in my videos. They're seeing it for the first time right alongside you

[@francesvincent7373]

there are bumps in the road that is why there is shaking!!!!

[@cailarchitectatopks]

Think about adding tags that can connect more viewers. Apple Car, Tesla, FSD, Self driving, NIO, . . .

[@WayneBagguley]

👍👍👍

[@ehvlullo]

That pedestrian waved a thanks at 34:30? solid and enjoyable as always. I just saw this video of someone getting quite seriously nervous on his first ride; made me LOL pretty hard coming from your videos and seeing the reliability. kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zqa7moJooZ2tfpo

[@JJRicks]

Haha yea I waved first! Also wow that video is.... geez man after coming up on 100 rides here that makes me sad he doesn't trust it yet LOL

[@dmoney937dyt]

Dude in that other video need to go back home to his safety bubble, waymo is awsome