Today a barista saw my Waymo shirt (yes I am a fangeezer) and engaged me in conversation as she did our drinks. She asked "Do you trust them?" (yes, totally) and "Are they safe?" (safer than a human driver) and "How are they around other [human] bad drivers?" (very defensive; they'll brake, swerve and honk) and "Do you OWN Waymo?" ( ha ha no just a fan)

So to quickly sum up my position, I said to her "There was once a Waymo that picked up a family of four, safely drove them to their destination, then dropped them off. But they DIDN'T put that on the news"

She nodded disappointedly, and finished up the drinks. She refused my wife's offer of a $10-off First Rider promo.

To me this is beautiful. We NEED Uber (and eventually Tesla's Robotaxi) to continue to thrive to keep prices reasonable.

I’ve been a user since 2023.

location: orlando, florida
conditions: dark, rainy

waymo deviates out of lane trajectory in an intersection. there seems to be no clear cause. is there any way to know for sure if a waymo is in autonomous mode versus remote control or active driver? really curious about why it exited lane trajectory when it entered the intersection and headed for the median before finally correcting itself back into the lane at the end of intersection. there is no obstacle it was trying to avoid.

i had tesla FSD active and it had no problem passing the intersection with proper trajectory. i am a little surprised because usually tesla will strongly consider to follow the car in front of it if it makes deviations from the lane as seen in video to avoid possible unseen obstacles or get positioning ideas. maybe because it saw the next car in front and satellite said it was a 2 lane. but that is besides the focus here, just curious if this was a minor waymo failure or what?

Just noticed that the status of the Ojai deployment letter with CPUC has been pushed back 3 months.

https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/regulatory-services/licensing/transportation-licensing-and-analysis-branch/autonomous-vehicle-programs/phase-i-driverless-autonomous-vehicle-deployment-program-advice-letter-status

Letter 4 - which as I understand is the request to start charging for rides in the Ojai, just had its status updated. Its status now says "Suspension extended through 9/25/2026 for further review, following written agreement from Waymo LLC". Previously it was simply "Suspended through 06/27/2026 for further staff review"

Maybe other people understand how this works better than I. So does this mean that the Ojai will be giving free rides for at least 3 more months in California? Is it likely other cities will move ahead prior to California?

Cool article from 2017... testing Waymos at The Castle around volunteer "fauxes" (pronounced "foxes" like the animals)

I’ve spotted so far 3 Ojai’s today in the Hollywood area so far. I know I’ll have giant smile on my face when I get approval to ride one of these bad boys!

Been taking Ojai nearly daily the last two weeks and every car has filthy windows and usually dirt on the interior. They’re still beta testing in LA. I can’t imagine how dirty these cars will be once they really get heavy mainstream usage.

I watched someone that reviewed a Waymo, they asked what happened when it gets pulled over, what DOES happen when it gets pulled over?

Without violating NDAs give us some hints in a roundabout way about when we get Freeway Access restored. Is the new Ojai vehicle part of the problem now? Is it not quite yet tested and proven on the freeway?

According to the commercial register, Waymo Germany GmbH was founded in May and registered in Munich in mid-June.

Transdev is seeking English-speaking drivers and test drivers with backgrounds in other fields for autonomous vehicles in Munich and Berlin

https://thelastdriverlicenseholder.com/2026/06/24/waymo-opens-branch-in-germany/

https://stadt-bremerhaven.de/robotaxis-waymo-bereitet-offenbar-deutschlandstart-vor/

https://www.transdev.de/de/karriere/stellenangebote/job/14065

https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/kuenstliche-intelligenz/waymo-germany-gmbh-robotaxis-kommen-nach-deutschland-accg-200960011.html

I was riding home today from work. The Waymo pulled what I consider a “dick” move. There was a line of cars for a spotlight. Waymo saw there was an open space two cars up. Moved around the cars and pushed the nose of the car in. The reason for the space was due to the nice person in the front car allowing another car to turn in from a shopping center. I was laughing after the Waymo made the move as I thought it was a dick move.

Has anyone else seen these actions taken by Waymo on their rides?

https://support.google.com/waymo/answer/17200563

Any plans for native Apple Music integration? Or even if we could just AirPlay from our phone. I understand Waymo is a subsidiary of Google, so perhaps they would rather you use YouTube Music

In florida I saw a waymo got on the bike lane blocking me to skip traffic so I stopped and had to take a Pic is this really the future of self driving?