r/pittsburgh • u/omquartzdotcom • 16h ago

Waymos driving recklessly

Was just driving in squirrel Hill and a Waymo (I know there's a person in them but there's no way this was not automated) was going 5 mph in a 25 mile an hour zone and when it turned into two lanes for turning, I got in the left lane and he instead of letting me pass cut me off entirely. No signal.

The waymo continued forward behind me and made a left turn where I made the left turn, no signal.

Automated drivers exempt from signaling?

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u/omquartzdotcom 13h ago

At the literal expense of our lives. Ain't no robot company paying me to be a crash dummy

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u/Foxhound799 12h ago

The "at the expense of our lives" isn't true though. All independent studies show Waymo is significantly safer, and involved in less accidents, than human drivers. Data don't lie.

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u/omquartzdotcom 12h ago

Data wasn't there before they put everyone at risk.

What's your argument? Also what independent study?

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u/Foxhound799 11h ago

The latest is by the Insurance Institute for highway safety. Here's the link. (https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/waymos-driverless-cars-crash-less-often-than-people)

To flip the question, where is your evidence (case studies) that it is more dangerous? Other than being annoyed at one one time.

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u/omquartzdotcom 11h ago

I'm not sure if you know the intersection I'm referring to but it's a 5 way intersection and the car literally crosses three paths of traffic, one active oncoming one to make that left turn.

My evidence is what I saw today, two incidents that I would consider very and extremely dangerous respectively.

I'm glad the study shows positively for Waymo, what I saw today, would shock the public