Waymo’s driverless car: ghost-riding in the back seat

Waymo’s fully driverless vehicles are doing passenger trips in the suburbs outside Phoenix, Arizona. We got to experience it first hand, and our ride included a close brush with a construction site, a wrong turn, and a flock of pigeons. But more importantly, it got us thinking about what it means when Waymo says the future is driverless, and what we lose when we eliminate human driving. Read more: http://bit.ly/354RiHh Subscribe: http://goo.gl/G5RXGs Like The Verge on Facebook: https://goo.gl/2P1aGc Follow on Twitter: https://goo.gl/XTWX61 Follow on Instagram: https://goo.gl/7ZeLvX Why'd You Push That Button Podcast: https://ift.tt/2IJ3VyN The Vergecast Podcast: https://ift.tt/2LfINlq More about our podcasts: https://ift.tt/2i0npB8 Read More: http://www.theverge.com Community guidelines: http://bit.ly/2D0hlAv Wallpapers from The Verge: https://bit.ly/2xQXYJr Subscribe to Verge Science on YouTube, a new home base for our explorations into the future of science: http://bit.ly/2FqJZMl https://ift.tt/2P3LCr7 The Verge December 09, 2019 at 09:47AM