After a concentrated period of using Waymo, I am a convert and believer that autonomous vehicles will make driving safe.Â
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I typically believe in an all of the above approach to problems. That means there is a recognition that not every one solution is the perfect …
Recently I was driving down El Camino Real toward San Mateo and I found myself surrounded by three Waymo taxis.
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Waymo has expanded its service along the Peninsula, which include freeway trips for some riders, as well as curbside service at San Jose Inter…
Federal regulators have opened yet another investigation into Tesla's so-called full-self driving technology after dozens of incidents in which the electric vehicle maker's cars ran red lights or drove on the wrong side of the road, sometimes crashing into other vehicles and endangering drivers. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in a filing dated Tuesday that it has 58 incident reports of Tesla vehicles violating traffic safety laws while operating in full self-driving mode. In reports to regulators, many of the Tesla drivers said the cars gave them no warning about the unexpected behavior. The probe covers 2.9 million vehicles, essentially all Teslas equipped with full self-driving technology
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In an unusual traffic stop, the San Bruno Police Department pulled over a Waymo — an autonomous self-driving car — for making an illegal U-tur…
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Police in San Bruno pulled over a self-driving Waymo taxi after it made an illegal U-turn. But without a driver behind the wheel, they could not issue a moving violation ticket. The San Bruno Police Department wrote up the weekend encounter in social media posts that have gone viral. Police said that their "citation books don't have a box for 'robot'." State law requires moving violations be issued to drivers or operators. A new state law that kicks in next year will allow law enforcement to report moving violations to the Department of Motor Vehicles. Waymo is owned by Google's parent company, Alphabet.
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Waymo autonomous vehicles will soon begin testing out operations at San Francisco International Airport, San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie anno…
A Waymo self-driving vehicle operates in San Francisco Aug. 21, 2024.Â
