WAYMO Better~

On By cindy knokeIn Conservation, MY PHOTOGRAPHS, REVERIES, Tech Marvels, TRAVEL REVIEWS

(click/tap to enlarge to see the happy passenger!)

We are on the road again.

A Jaguar driverless taxi,

is a great way to roll!

No need to keep up conversation with your taxi driver.

There isn’t one!

Optimal for cruising over-crowded San Francisco.

You can fully enjoy the scenery without bickering about directions.

Back seat drivers are pointless because the car doesn’t care!

There are lots of these taxis ferrying people around Presidio National Park in San Francisco.

The Presidio,

is a blooming beauty this time of year.

Cheers to you from Presidio National Park in San Francisco~

(Note- WAYMO is a fleet of fully autonomous electric vehicles owned by Alphabet the parent company of Google. It has taxis available throughout San Francisco, and in designated areas of Los Angeles, Austin and Phoenix).

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226 thoughts on “WAYMO Better~”

  2. Eileen Norman

    Wow! That’s fantastic. I’m ready for that after driving on our interstates with bumper to bumper traffic, mostly trucks going 80 or more mph in any where from 55 mph to 70mph .

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      1. True!! Human drivers can be neurotic, now with all the road rage going on.
        Autonomous cars are a foreign concept for me. Maybe I should try too in SF? Seems strange to not have a driver.

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            1. Must be why I like it. Machines are fun to talk with. If you don’t believe me, you should listen to my 5 year old twin grandsons ask Siri questions as I drive them home. I bet you and I never thought to ask how long a narwhal can dive underwater without breathing! 😉 🚗🤖

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              1. Wow, that’s a great question!! Yup, I would never think to ask a question like that. Your twin grandsons have such curiosity! Love the little minds that are curious, eager, full of wonder and imagination.

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  8. Oh my goodness.
    I was talking to 4 year old Ella last week – telling her what I felt was the greatest invention in my lifetime of 78 years, and I told her it was indoor toilet flushing.
    Clearly, I should have held out for driverless vehicles.
    Rock on, Cindy.

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  9. I just hope my very first experience in a driverless car is in as beautiful a city as San Francisco, Cindy! Hope to get there one day. Great shots. 😀

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  11. Wow !! a driverless taxi ! Never heard of it. I knew there were experiments going on with driverless cars but I didn’t know they already had driverless taxi’s ! What an experience it must have been !

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          1. I am not sure I am lucky to live in Belgium, not at the moment. We live too close to Russia and I don’t trust Poetin…..He treaten us every day with atomic weapons. Have a great weekend Cindy.

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            1. Yes. Putin is clearly not worthy of any sort of trust, except that he will do evil. There are too many world leaders like this today for any of us with a conscience to be comfortable.

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  13. niasunset

    WOW! Time to see them… Seems amazing. But I can’t imagine them in my city, İstanbul, traffic is crazy! Thank you dear Cindy, Love, nia

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  16. Great photos Cindy. I’ve not been in a driverless car yet, and I don’t know if I trust the technology 😀 I’ve been to the Presidio Park in San Fransisco. The Walt Disney Family Museum is located in the brick buildings of your 4th to last photo. Where you see the red banners. We really enjoyed it. Disneys Academy awards are there and lots of original Disney treasures as well as messages from Walt on old console TV’s.

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  17. Anonymous

    Just a couple of little things to consider.
    An empty space behind the wheel has no social connectedness.
    No driver means one less person working in a meaningful way.
    No technology is 100 fool-proof/accident proof.
    Why on earth can’t we relax a bit more and enjoy nature a bit more instead of finding more ways to de-humanise society and become more lonely and depressed?

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    1. True. Valid points. Thank you. Alternatively, I do see incredible benefit for house bound, ill and elderly people, who have a hard time making appointments and carrying out daily living tasks without being able to drive. I am sure there are more pros and cons 🚗🤖

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  23. I’m not quite ready for all electric cars…not sure about the driverless ones! 😀
    I think if they were only in a park – like area giving a guided tour? But to be out on a crowded road would make me a bit skittish. Glad you had a good experience!

    Lovely blooms.

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    1. I did watch many of them drive. I am certain they are not without fault, since nothing is. But, they drove so seamlessly, I was impressed. Thank you Jules & take good care დ

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      1. Folks do not realize that the no gas cars, those batteries take quite a bit out of the environment to produce. While they may not emit ‘gas residue’ – they are not completely enviornmentally friendly or stable. But we do have to test out new things. Like the cars that park themselves… now that is somethingn I could use! Alas… I only get used cars… my last car still had manual roll up windows. 😉 But I don’t drive all that much and try to do many errands on the same day. Not to go out for just one thing. While it would be nice to live in a city and be able to walk or take public transportation… the suburbs are nice too.

        Oh – I saw another Eastern Bluebird on my porch roof yesterday 🙂

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        1. We just gave an Audi to the kids. It has 165K on it and has never had a problem. Love that your last car had roll up windows. Maybe you should have kept it, a valuable collectors items. I wish I could see your Eastern Bluebird.

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          1. My old car… wasn’t any kind of classic. It served me well as a trade in. As a couple – we only ever bought one new car – a station wagon that we had so long that when I got my car with the roll-up windows, we had ‘gifted’ the old wagon as a first car to our eldest. Even flooring the station wagon it wouldn’t go past 40 up a hill!

            I don’t see the Easter Bluebird that often. But I’ve got family that put out mealworms – and that attracts that birdie.

            I generally use black sunflower seeds. But I get a mix for smaller birds. I’ve been reading that I can also feed (so I might mix in) rice to birds. It is a myth that the uncooked rice will swell in a bird’s stomach. They don’t swallow the rice whole either. Some of the larger birds like crows will eat rice too. 🙂

            You have some lovely avian friends that like your weather better than mine 😉

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  26. Beautiful photos but I would not go in a car without a driver 😀 . When we hire a taxi, we go with a known driver. It is nice to talk and exchange some details about what is happening around us. Usually they know things that we don’t. Thank you.

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  30. Chuckster

    I love the area around the Presidio. Thanks for capturing it on film to remind me. I did not even know I was missing it!

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    1. You are most welcome. It is special and unique isn’t it. It is like a little paradise with the city visible on the horizon and the bridge providing the backdrop დ

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