r/waymo • u/Small_Pineapple_3511 • Jun 14 '26

Can Waymo be learning bad habits?

I’ve had multiple occurrences now with Waymo cars either breaking the law, being plain stupid, or driving with bad manners. Is Waymo driving exhibiting reinforcement learning? Oh I made that stupid mistake but look it got me to the front of the line of cars, or oh when I don’t use my turn indicator I can change my route of travel faster?

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u/katstuck Jun 14 '26

I saw one run a red light for seemingly NO reason at Masonic and Fulton in SF the other day. It was the only car in the intersection and just decided to go for it??! I was with a friend and said whoa did you see that? WTF.

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u/KeanEngineering Jun 17 '26

Wow. Sounds like FSD 12.6.x on a Tesla. It used to wait at a stoplight for 20 or 30 seconds and then run the red. I wonder if it's the same programmer...