Waymo in London
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DarrenO'D'

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150 posts

192 months

Monday 15th June
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Spotted a Waymo I pace in London on Saturday, presumably testing as there was someone behind the Lhd wheel. Then on the way out, saw another car covered in sensors doing similar, but didn’t really catch the name. Are driverless taxi approved here yet ?

Doggleg

633 posts

193 months

Monday 15th June
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They test with a safety driver in place behind the wheel until they're approved. They are excellent, sign up for early access if you can. The other one is probably Zoox.

EuroPartShop

4 posts

Thursday 2nd July
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Doggleg said:
They test with a safety driver in place behind the wheel until they're approved. They are excellent, sign up for early access if you can. The other one is probably Zoox.

ashenfie

2,943 posts

73 months

Thursday 2nd July
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Be interesting to see how they get on with roundabouts

SchillingTwo

415 posts

1 month

Thursday 2nd July
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I see them quite often near my office in central London; as others have said they are testing, not working yet.

I’m looking forward to when I get to try one, just for the novelty and to see how the technology works. Getting out of my street in the morning can sometimes require a, well, assertive approach and / or a lot of throttle so I’ll be fascinated to see how they handle that.

Hoofy

79,839 posts

309 months

Thursday 2nd July
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I hear quite a few of them are getting stuck down some residential road in London at 3am and pissing off the neighbours with the safety beeping or whatever.

abzmike

11,856 posts

133 months

Thursday 2nd July
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Saw a few out testing last time in was down. Ironically I was in an Uber behind one when the driver of mine took a long turn that required a massive detour to sort out.

smn159

15,767 posts

244 months

Thursday 9th July
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I used one in Los Angeles last year. Order it on the app, check in using the app when it arrives and enjoy the ride. You can even select your own music / radio station and adjust the AC.