Waymo ain't ready for prime time -- nowhere close.
My wife, son, and I had theater tickets last Saturday 4/4 and decided to take a Waymo. We won't do that again.
Our dinner destination, Flora, was only 3 miles away, and the Waymo attempted to drop us off 3/4 of a mile from the restaurant in an obviously unsafe neighborhood. We contacted support -- located in the Philippines -- and were rerouted, and the support rep actually told us she would be INCREASING our fare because of a detour we never requested!! It's second attempt to drop us off was 1/2 mile from our destination, and it stopped at a location where it was unsafe to exit the car -- just a few feet off Allen Pkwy with cars speeding all around us, and it was blocking traffic where it stopped. Contacted support again and were rerouted again. In the meantime a downpour began. Its 3rd attempt to drop us off was 1/4 of a mile from our destination, so at this point we gave up and got out, but had to walk that distance in the pouring rain. We were also 1/2 hour late for our reservation after being trapped in that Waymo for 45 minutes.
I understand that the future of ride hailing is in autonomous cars. I get it. But Waymo is nowhere near ready to provide this service -- it is too inaccurate, unreliable, and most importantly, unsafe. It will be a long time before we'll be trying Waymo again.
4 de abril de 2026
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