Waymo first to put Autonomous Vehicle on road without safety driver

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But Waymo, owned by Google parent company Alphabet, said it no longer needed that protection - though at first one of its employees will ride in the back with customers.
The service will be made available in Phoenix, Arizona over the next few months, Waymo’s chief executive John Krafcik said.
It is the not the first time Waymo has demonstrated cars without human drivers - even as a back-up - on public roads.

Members of the public will be riding in Fiat Chrysler Pacifica minivans. Initially a Waymo employee will travel with the customers, but not behind the wheel as has been the case previously. Eventually the public will be allowed to travel alone.
The self-driving taxi fleet will at first be free to use, but the company envisions it will charge for the journeys at a later date.
Waymo is a company created out of Google’s self-driving programme, and was seen as a way to step up efforts to commercialise the firm’s industry-leading efforts in autonomy.

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>It will never happen
>It's impossible
>20 years from now

>the price of outfitting an autonomous car. That extra cost, according to one of the few experts prepared to discuss the subject openly: about $250,000 per vehicle.

No thanks.

KILL YOURSELF BRAINLET

$3,995
It would take a decade before Motorola's DynaTAC finally reached consumer hands. On September 21, 1983, Motorola made history when the FCC approved the 8000X, the world's first commercial portable cell phone. It cost consumers a whopping $3,995 at the time.

Cost of incarcerating a Taxi/Uber driver that murders his passengers is about the same.

>BUT THE LEGAL SYSTEM WILL STOP IT

Unlike rules for the design of a seatbelt or airbag, the federal guidelines for automated vehicle systems are voluntary. The U.S. Department of Transportation says keeping rules at a minimum will speed up the introduction of life-saving technology, a goal made all the more urgent as traffic deaths climbed again last year to 37,461, with 94 percent of those caused by human error.

So a cellphone is now 1/4 the price. From $4K to $1K. So let's say the self driving car costs $65K. Still way too expensive. The talking heads in the self driving industry claim they can make it cost as little as $5K by 2035 but that's just a hope. They aren't basing those figures on anything.

Why care how much they spend? They will do it for market saturation before it's profitable anyway.

Google, Apple, etc will do it just to control the ecosystem inside the car.

Because I want my own car and I don't want to pay more than my house to get it.

Fuk that!!!!!!!

>first taste is free

just like a drug dealer

>wanting your own car

silly grandpa, the google car app is faster and better.

So who would go to jail when self driving car inevitably roll over someone?
>inb4 no one

>faster
Yea I doubt the self driving shitbox has 600HP like my foxbody does

Do you want to have to drive?

They can remake the entire interior eventually to be more comfy with app-stations so you can play games on the google app store or watch videos on the google owned youtube.

You can relax. No thinking. No alertness.

> Perfect reflexes
> Never distracted.
> Ideal car to cut in front of since it'll always brake.

Automated driving eliminates traffic congestion.

Yeah and fuck anyone that enjoys driving or can't afford anything above $5,000. Self driving cars are the future! Let the car drive itself goyim, it won't malfunction conveniently and crash into a lamp post after that anti-semitic post on Facebook.

The elimination of human drivers is goal #1. Once you no longer drive. The app car can drop you off at the location. No need for parking spaces freeing up huge amounts of real estate and land area. No need for garages or driveways too. Reducing housing costs tremendously.

Reduction in housing costs
Reduction in transportation costs
Reduction in infrastructure costs
Reduction in health/ambulance/insurance costs

It's a massive improvement and the only way to fully unlock is replacing human drivers. Which is why the side-goal is to begin to eliminate parking spots. Reducing each parking lot by 5% spaces a year will slowly inconvenience people more and more until they give up driving. Once a majority of people no longer own cars you can use democracy to eliminate the rest, majority rule.

...

I support it.

The big improvement is in security. Once humans can no longer drive it will reduce crime considerably. You would have to walk or bike to the location or neighborhood.

It would also make sense to restrict travel to residential areas without invitation or being a resident.

If fully and intelligently implemented it is a massive efficiency boost in so many areas. Of course it will face a lot of friction in getting rid of human drivers which is why it's important to begin eliminating parking and push people away from car ownership.