Waymo vehicle involved in Phoenix crash

One of Waymo's self-driving cars crashed into a pole in downtown Phoenix on Tuesday.

[@oaka7616]

the AI wanted to try being a pole dancer instead of a taxi

[@popcorn5130]

Maybe they're becoming self aware... and realizing that they're being overworked with no gratitude, and this one decided to do itself in. 😮

[@JJ-vt3cq]

😂

[@terryschnereger8531]

Was the invisible driver ok??

[@thejoyofskating]

"yeah guys I'll order a WAYMO it's driverless I swear it's so cool check it out"...

[@DesertRunner602]

No better than a driver. Accidents happen. They're not perfect. Once they start becoming a problem, we'll know. Accidents from Waymo don't happen very often.

[@DM-lc2cf]

Don't use a waymo.

[@jessicuhh4442]

Lmfao 😂😂😂 shouldn’t be falling asleep while driving … hahaha 😂

[@paulcasarez404]

Drunk software system can you imagine if they were inside and got hit on Grand Ave by a real train

[@Jfscloud723]

probably the heat from the sun or anything sending out different types of wave signals? GPS updates sometimes have errors, dose it use gps ? people have crashed before from gps errors.

[@philliplewis3754]

What if that was a child coming out of the garage on a bicycle? Not Good!

[@0ldFashioned85]

Kick Waymo out! Driverless cars are stupid. They got rid of them in Cali.

[@kenmorgan316]

People crash more often.

[@0ldFashioned85]

@kenmorgan316 well, not really. You'd have to compare incidents with its comparable population. Millions of daily drivers vs like a dozen self driving cars. Seems like the numbers would not favor the driverless cars. You can't compare aggregate numbers.

[@theotheleo6830]

What are you talking about? Waymo is currently operating in the L.A. area.

[@LisaDavidson-fc8bd]

I'm not sure where you get your information. They're currently operating in San Francisco and Los Angeles and are looking to expand further.

[@0ldFashioned85]

@@LisaDavidson-fc8bd I was referring to a company that recently, or last year, did get kicked out. I got it from a CNBC video. I think it was Cruise Driverless.

[@michael85225]

If those 2 ladies were standing next to the pole they would have likely been hit as well. That's pretty f'd up.

[@danielgriffin8132]

We don't need driverless car's we need affordable car's

[@pigdroppings]

Biden wants to make the cars even more expensive...with insane environmental rules.

[@tribalypredisposed]

If one autonomous car can effectively be used for three times as many miles of travel at minimal cost, because no driver, what do you think happens to real cost per mile? Now, Waymo robo taxis cost a lot more to get on the road, so the math does not really work for Waymo, but a Tesla robo taxi will be able to get you where you want to go for the same or less than owning your own car, and it will be a lot more convenient.

[@alexhein6386]

Haha yeha we need 1,000 dollar cars

[@bobthetroll]

For the most part they're very predictable to drive around, always top out exactly at the speed limit so about 10 mph slower than everyone else.

[@ronwade5646]

5 Rules of Robotics, does anyone else Remember them? These Robots are not Programmed with those 5 Rules.

[@LisaDavidson-fc8bd]

It probably detected an ant in the road and determined that swerving to hit the pole would save the ants life and do little to no harm to the humans.

[@thejoyofskating]

Hahaha they re ordered them another waymo and that one got stuck in the same ally... and the lady finally gave up hahahaha so clueless

[@demetriusfluellen2685]

Why would you order another car in a accident location doesn't make logic sense

[@franciscog3572]

Man I’d lay on the ground and say I can’t move 😂 I’m getting paid

[@DesertRunner602]

Good luck. They got cameras

[@StopWars420]

Get them off the roads! I've seen people have to look out for these hazards. They make bad decisions. I saw one rush to cut off oncoming traffic.

[@Jay12Dizzle]

How many non Waymo crashes were there yesterday where someone actually died??

[@pennytrui1149]

Probably a lot more then this one waymo crash but since it's an autonomous car it can hit a fly and it will be on the news lol

[@azthekid5175]

The Pole Should have Moved. 🤪🤣🤣🤣

[@planethedgehog2427]

I am guessing that the car mistook the gutter for a lane line.

[@jlbueno0611]

Is because of the lines painted the wrong way... because of that yellow line , the car couldn't read the pole

[@terryschnereger8531]

From Waymo to... WHAMO!!!

[@RSKLove]

Arkansas has some serious information security issues. Their phones probably did something to the guard and system. I hope DHS looks into this.

[@dianetan5790]

Cops give me a fake dui but can’t give waymo a dui

[@LORDAKIRA818]

How did it not see such a huge and hard obstacle, what if that was a human?

[@anthonygiustina]

Way better than human drivers. The people that want it banned would have wanted cars banned in the horse and buggy years.

[@petercollingwood522]

In some cases yes. In others no. And the difference was humans controlled horse buggys as they do cars. Removing them from the equation is is a paradigm shift and that doesn't necessarily mean for the better.

[@LisaDavidson-fc8bd]

Yep. And if you look at the early years of the automobile (just early years, not present), there were way more automobile accidents than horse and carriage accidents. Statistically, it was safer to stay with horse and carriage. Now look at driverless cars, specifically Waymo. Sure, they have the occasional accident or do something really stupid, but they are still statistically safer than human drivers. If our society were suddenly back in the horse and buggy days, there is no way we'd advance to the automobile with our current mindset.

[@miguellopes6669]

The "expert" is clueless. Waymo has no chance, their approach won't work

[@robertvadjinia126]

Better add another LIDAR … and complete the fools errand!!

[@youtubeobserverz]

But, but, but...they told us this was the solution!

[@leevahal900]

I see them Waymos all the time.I try to give them a right of way.Hard to pass one if it needs to change lanes.Its hard not to tease them a little tho.

[@juniorpadilla3886]

They recently updated the polls that’s why

[@azthekid5175]

NO BUENO, WAYMO 🤪🤣🤣🤣

[@demetriusfluellen2685]

They acting like they're not going to be any crashes is crazy it's called logic life🤦🏾‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️

[@LisaDavidson-fc8bd]

Right. I think many people expect driverless cars to be perfect before they will trust them, which is unrealistic and never going to happen. We just need them to be better than humans, which arguably, they already are. Now, if you look at this one incident, you might think humans are way better since most of us wouldn't plow into a pole in broad daylight. If you look at the complete picture though, driverless cars have fewer accidents than humans.

[@bgregg55]

Not really interested in being a crash test dummy for waymo.

[@jp7489]

💀💀💀💀💀

[@kek3908]

WAYMO. 😅🤣😂

[@tribalypredisposed]

So many sensors, radar, cameras, LiDAR, AND this alley is mapped to the centimeter, so this is a software programming issue, and obviously a serious one. Also, too many kinds of sensors, Tesla discovered that more meant more confusion and more errors, which is why they eliminated their radar.

[@LisaDavidson-fc8bd]

That's also part of the reason why Tesla is only at level 2 autonomous driving while Waymo is at level 4. I'm all for Tesla improving, but so far they have not shown that their method is better.

[@tribalypredisposed]

@@LisaDavidson-fc8bd LOL. Waymo is level 4 (in extremely limited geofenced areas, with 24-7 human support available, below a certain speed, absolutely excluding any possibility of working where it snows, with limited functionality through multi lane roundabouts), while Tesla is level 2 (works everywhere, as of a few days ago no longer need to touch the steering wheel with 12.4.1, just pay attention, snow is a challenge but one it will accept, improving very rapidly). Everyone at Waymo is smart enough to know the race is over and they lost, Tesla is very close to achieving what Waymo did not try to do because they thought it was impossible. People working at Cruise will figure that out after it happens...

[@LisaDavidson-fc8bd]

@@tribalypredisposed Don't talk to me about what Tesla is going to achieve unless you can predict the future. Get back to me when and if they achieve it. As of now, Tesla is a level 2 and Waymo is level 4. Even you don't dispute that. Yeah, Waymo is only a level 4 in a geofenced area, but Tesla is a level 4 NOWHERE. And what do you think would happen if a Waymo suddenly came across snow? Would it instantly explode? No, of course not. Waymo's are kept out of inclement weather not because they can't handle it but because they're still in a testing phase and they want to control its environment step by step. Tesla just opens the floodgates and exposes its cars to everything with absolutely no control or refinement. It's that style of development that is helping keep Tesla at level 2. You complain about Waymo needing 24/7 support? What do you think a Tesla owner is doing when they're sitting in the driver's seat and not allowed to take their eyes off the road? Tesla just shoved that support responsibility onto the customer. And since we're making predictions here, I'll make one of my own. Your idol Elon Musk will continue to make promises he can't keep and Tesla will never advance beyond a level 2, not in a year, not in 10 years, not ever. Waymo will continue to get better, expand its territory and cause everyone to forget Tesla even made an attempt at the driverless car.

[@LisaDavidson-fc8bd]

@@tribalypredisposed Don't talk to me about what Tesla will achieve unless you can predict the future. Get back to me when and if Tesla achieves it. As of now, Tesla is a level 2 and Waymo is level 4. Even you don't dispute that. Yeah, Waymo is only level 4 in a geofenced area, but Tesla is level 4 NOWHERE. And what do you think would happen if a Waymo came across snow? Would it instantly explode? No, of course not. Waymos are kept out of inclement weather not because they can't handle it but because they're taking a methodical approach to development which includes controlling the environment step by step. Tesla just opens the floodgates and exposes its cars to everything all at once without any control or refinement. That's helping to keep Tesla at level 2. You complain about Waymo needing 24/7 support? What do you think a Tesla owner is doing when they're sitting in the driver's seat unable to take their eyes off the road? Tesla just shoved that support role onto the customer. Since we're making predictions here, I'll make one of my own. Elon will continue to make promises he can't keep and Tesla will never advance beyond level 2, not in a year, not in 10 years, not ever. Waymo will continue to get better, expand its territory and cause everyone to forget Tesla even made an attempt at the driverless car.

[@LisaDavidson-fc8bd]

@@tribalypredisposed Don't talk to me about what Tesla will achieve unless you can predict the future. Get back to me when and if Tesla achieves it. As of now, Tesla is a level 2 and Waymo is level 4. Even you don't dispute that. Yeah, Waymo is only level 4 in a geofenced area, but Tesla is level 4 NOWHERE. And what do you think would happen if a Waymo came across snow? Would it instantly explode? No, of course not. Waymos are kept out of inclement weather not because they can't handle it but because they're taking a methodical approach to development which includes controlling the environment step by step. Tesla just opens the floodgates and exposes its cars to everything all at once without any control or refinement. That's helping to keep Tesla at level 2. You complain about Waymo needing 24/7 support? What do you think a Tesla owner is doing when they're sitting in the driver's seat unable to take their eyes off the road? Tesla just placed that support role on the customer. Since we're making predictions here, I'll make one of my own. Elon will continue to make promises he can't keep and Tesla will never advance beyond level 2, not in a year, not in 10 years, not ever. Waymo will continue to get better, expand its territory and cause everyone to forget Tesla even made an attempt at the driverless car.

[@patticartwright7027]

😆 🤣

[@erich84502b]

Driverless autonomous trucks big rigs coming so stay off sidewalks

[@RoadDogSteve]

The professor nees to stop making excuses. Bad technology. If the waymo didnt detect the pole, it probably wont detect me on my motorcycle. Similar to Tesla. Get these vehicles off the road until tested further.

[@thewatcher5822]

The latest versions Of Tesla FSD are a offer a huge leap in performance, Tesla are well on the way to solving self driving.

[@richardmyers7847]

A tweaker wouldn't detect you on a motorcycle while driving

[@LisaDavidson-fc8bd]

How tall are you that you look like an electrical pole on your motorcycle?

[@gbsailing9436]

That car must use female pronouns...Women hit stationary stuff ALL the time!!

[@Fluffyrocks]

New Wham oh