I've been extremely pleased with Waymo's adherence to the smallest footnotes of law. Several weeks ago, I was just leaving church, and the road outside is a 7-lane stroad. There was light traffic, and Waymo (Jaguar I-PACE) was accelerating to the 45mph limit, when suddenly it slowed, pulled over, and stopped on the shoulder. Mystified, I looked around to see what had caused this, and I noticed that a school bus, stopped with lights flashing, and disembarking young children, was directly opposite us (no concrete island) and the Waymo Driver was the
only vehicle that obeyed the law.
It was not much later when a fire engine or two, at exactly the same point on exactly the same stroad, came screaming towards us with lights and sirens. Again, nobody else in traffic cared. The Waymo Driver immediately, safely, pulled over to the side, and stayed there until the first responders had passed.
There've been a lot of incidents where the Waymo Driver simply does the right thing. I'm so grateful for this. Not even I know the traffic laws well enough to drive like this. It's a modern miracle, and a dream come true. No taxi driver, no immigrant rideshare, comes close!
It was not much later when a fire engine or two, at exactly the same point on exactly the same stroad, came screaming towards us with lights and sirens. Again, nobody else in traffic cared. The Waymo Driver immediately, safely, pulled over to the side, and stayed there until the first responders had passed.
There've been a lot of incidents where the Waymo Driver simply does the right thing. I'm so grateful for this. Not even I know the traffic laws well enough to drive like this. It's a modern miracle, and a dream come true. No taxi driver, no immigrant rideshare, comes close!