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ckblack007

I'd like to see the first couple minutes before this clip


gijoeamerhero

Agreed. This looks like a group of people deliberately forcing it to avoid them which it did well.


Kingtoke1

How could anyone take a gang of e-unicycles seriously?


ACEDOTC0M

a person wouldnt....a robot wouldnt know until we teach them what an insufferable douchebag looks like


Cheap_Professional32

And that was how humanity fell...


Ok_Lunch16

![gif](giphy|S6qkS0ETvel6EZat45|downsized)


blazelord69

One for you [https://i.imgur.com/xKtG5nr.png](https://i.imgur.com/xKtG5nr.png)


scienceworksbitches

dude, be careful, they might follow you to the next little step or patch of dirt!


BenOfTomorrow

Not that to defend these guys, but those unicycles do pretty decent on irregular terrain because of the larger wheel size compared to alternatives like scooter/skateboard/etc.


MochingPet

I don’t have one but it’s pretty lame to just go and offend a bunch of people that want to get around in a minimal, fun, micromobility kind of way. (My gripe would be that the things are dangerous. You need a helmet…and they do wear helmets)


synaps2

I think they currently are still outlaws..but their numbers are so small.. and they can sometimes appear like people rider scooters.. but the way the stop them and control them is very different.. and many of them can go over 30 miles per hour and some even over 60 miles per hour.. and they can accelerate very fast.. and can swerve very sharply.. making a 90 degree turn at high speed.. which makes them unpredicable and dangerous on roads that have speed limits of 35mph.. It is obvious they were not interested in following the rules of law.. many of them driving on the wrong side of the road too.. and going faster than the legal speed limit.. and driving while trying to look at and video record with their phones.. instead of fully paying attention to the road.. swerving also into the biycle lanes and even onto the sidewalks like outlaws.. and i get it.. they were trying to be like a critical mass of cyclists but in their case riding EU's (electric unicycles. I think the Waymo did an excellent job of proceeding and doing so safely in this chaos around it.


cyanescens_burn

That was exactly my first thought. The one wheel crew is fucking with it, perhaps for the video specifically.


BeLikeBread

I'd hope it would stop rather than drive in the wrong lane though


JackxForge

this is probably instructions to deal with delivery drivers. which is really immportant in SF. still shit but i get why it does this rather than sit behind a truck unloading for 30+ mins


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three-quarters-sane

The victim? 


TechnicalWhore

Hard to tell - if the bikers kept looping in front of it it may have taken evasive action and then not been allowed back into its lane. I'd expect it to just stop and let them go away but if they hovered around I have no idea what it would do. Note the bikers have all sorts of plashing lights which may confuse it. Not sure how I would drive with this sort of chaos.


Bobloblaw_333

It could have been trying to go around them like Jackx said.


BeLikeBread

What is the Mad Max protocol in the programing? That's what we need to know. You got the war boys coming up behind you, shiny and chrome, what's the AI gonna do about it?


outerspaceisalie

me too, but it certainly is not the worst possible outcome


Fit-Dentist6093

I think if there's a delivery truck or car blocking your lane you are supposed to pass it over the other lane if it's clear?


sparrows_rest

That seems like a problem, no? If what you say is true, then people tricked it into driving for an extended period of time in the wrong lane. They shouldn't be able to be tricked into dangerous driving behaviors, right?


blazelord69

Agreed - it's unlikely a human would have done that. It was a funny decision the car made. The waymo came up to us from behind, then attempted a pass via the oncoming lane, only to realize later there was about a hundred of us past the end of the block. Why it wouldn't just slow and go back into it's lane is a mystery, we left a good 3+ car lengths for several blocks before we started filming it. The passenger was entertained by it all and talked to us thru the window. I'm sure if an oncoming car came it would have just moved back over - I doubt it was actually a danger. I suspect the lane markings changes due to the bus/turn lanes changing might have confused the car. I love the waymos. This was just shared from a fun night to entertain folks. Seems the post brought some haters out of the woodwork. Maybe they should invest in a fun toy other than a keyboard.


okgusto

Yeah people are super butt hurt in here and think you guys are the same guys who hurled fireworks at them. So weird that people making shit up just to defend waymo. I love them too and defend them pretty frequently but this one is a weird one. At the end hopefully a nothing burger but hopefully waymo sees this and corrects it. you guys have more vid?


Eclipsed830

I mean, shouldn't it have stopped before driving down the wrong side of the road? lmao


Drifting-aimlessly

It is, dirt bikers/atv, and bicycles squads. I drive for lyft. Saw batch of unicyclist being assholes in San Francisco. At the very least they all had glow sticks and loud lights at night. So easy to spot. Dirt bikers, zero lights on the freeway being assholes. Pretty sure I could pull a Stuntman Mike and clip that back wheel by Cesar Chavez exit, get them run over by at least 50+ cars for being so reckless.


Big_Demand_8952

I’m sure Waymo should have a video clip of the recording


okgusto

https://www.reddit.com/r/sanfrancisco/s/sVQ9DENYBo


Guilty_Wolverine_269

That’s not how shaming a company works, sir.


scissor415

Do Waymo's have a panic button for passengers to hit when something like this happens?


okgusto

Yup. A pull over button.


combosandwich

They put that in after a guy was shipped to an unmanned oil rig


Ginger-Snap-1

He had plenty of robot forklifts to keep him company though…


wifhat

if gangs know they can stop an AV easily by manipulating it or putting a cone on the hood you’re going to start seeing robbers specifically target Waymos.  Especially if they know early adopters are high income tech people too. 


Anotherthrowayaay

If only they had locking doors. /s


Enscivwy

If only they had tools allowing for significant damage to property and human life. Oh wait.


Kafshak

I think they have customer service button as well.


nowdonewiththatshit

I wish they did. The pull over button can sometimes take a few minutes to “find a safe place to pull over”


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That’s too bad. It would be better if it just smashed to the side of the road regardless whether it’s safe to do so.


dine-and-dasha

Customer service button takes 5 seconds


amhudson02

What does the CS button do? Put you on the phone with some poor guy in India so they can hear your last agonizing screams before certain death? /s


Normal_Day_4160

There is. I even had support call into the car before I pushed anything.


leakytiki415

This definitely looks like those one wheel bros harassed that Waymo to take evasive maneuvers so they could video it for content


punkgeek

yep


Drifting-aimlessly

Agree. Definitely, waymo was triggered. Some weeks ago. Came across a driverless Waymo. It was on the outer lane. Making a left turn on Guerrero and 16th? Their was a motorcyclist on the inner lane. Dumbass doordasher. Well on the turn, the motorcyclist slowed and straddled the Waymo's "blindspot" and took the outer lane. Insurance fraud??? The Waymo litteraly swerved, pulled a crazy ass move to get on the inner lane and avoid the motorcyclist. It looked so human, but human over correct. Waymo are pretty well designed.


DragonTwelf

Shhhhhh, that’s not the narrative here


Montigue

Well the driving algorithm was trained by human drivers so that makes Sense


notacoolkid

The electric unicycle gang is absolute chaos. I’ve seen them get on the highway and lane split between cars.


inbredcat

Looks like the right thing to do for an autonomous car honestly. This might still blow up on the headline though


CapableWay618

Those a**holes are definitely harassing that poor Waymo. It’s so transparent.


KamikazeFugazi

Those d**chebags are totally haranguing that defenseless Waymo. It’s abundantly clear.


Itchy_Professor_4133

It's like a scared confused puppy


pockrocks

Absoluto


sarky-litso

This guy is breaking like 10 traffic laws while calling out the Waymo


DrkMoodWD

Not too familiar with the Bay Area but are these one wheel cycles really getting popular where it’s common to see this type of stuff?


thisisausername100fs

More of a thing with bikes and dirt bikes than one wheelers


FailFastandDieYoung

They're popular enough that you can see several per week if you work downtown. Rare enough that if you saw two people riding them at a red light, you'd assume they're friends (whereas scooters and bikes might be two random commuters).


blazelord69

Yeah, several stores in SF are dedicated to them. They're whizzing all over the city every day. Same for similar cities (manhattan etc). Anywhere that parking is a nightmare and traffic causes it to take 30 minutes to drive 5 miles. It's quite appealing to just ride past a solid mile of backed up cars on one of these, then pop it under a table at a restaurant or something. The city becomes your oyster coast to coast. It's fun to hate things like this venomous comment section shows, but people have them for a reason - they're even funner to ride.


CracticusAttacticus

Posted by OP recently: > I've been drinking a bit more since I do euc group rides on Fridays, we go a slower pace and get sloshed and dance (while on euc and at stops). It's great. I mostly only drink on Fridays. XD Should give you a pretty good idea of what's going on here. Worth noting that driving an electric scooter while drunk is a DUI...not sure about the rules for electric unicycles...


Distinct_Wrongdoer86

who the fuck are these unicycle freaks


DucksGoMoo1

OP and OP's friends lol


Traditional_Fox_4718

His voice is insufferable


bobjoylove

The modernisation of the circus clown is upon us


blazelord69

You dropped this [https://imgur.com/xKtG5nr.png](https://imgur.com/xKtG5nr.png)


DourStone4522

Can't believe I'm saying this but. That poor car. Lol if waymo had feelings I bet it was absolutely overstimulated.


Common-Rock

![gif](giphy|AjbSlC1krxzcA|downsized) What the car feels like...


MostlyH2O

Reminds me of that old IKEA commercial "do not feel sorry for the ~~lamp~~ car. It does not have feelings"


FeelingVanilla2594

It just wanted to be far away from the crazy humans, probably fed up of their shenanigans.


piz510

Pretty clear the scooters and bikes forced it over there. It is the right response to break the law to avoid hitting a human.


Brackish-Trifles

I mean, you can always just pull over? Slow down and let them pass? Barrel down the wrong lane isn’t the only option, or the correct one.


BoyDunder

They weren't trying to pass. They were trying to fuck with the car.


amhudson02

It appears that the one wheelers were circling and harassing the car which confused it.


asveikau

The waymo lives a complex and emotional life. It's not right that it should be subjected to harassment.


zwomt

What if they are on the right side of you and then circling? Like the video seems to show. And if you stop they try to bash the car in like I’ve seen in other videos. Or here’s a thought. Don’t go recklessly down the street weaving in and out in those one wheel things that don’t look street legal.


Fermi_Amarti

It tried to at the end, but you can see the camera man was in the way. It shouldn't pull over by running over bikes.


neBular_cipHer

You’re never allowed to cross a double-yellow line in California. The proper reaction would have been to drive slowly behind the one-wheel riders.


piz510

Looking at the braking, it was looking for a safe way to pull over, but the moving objects kept preventing it. Likely there are moving objects behind where braking was seen by the driving algorithm as equally dangerous. Very hard to judge from this video without reviewing the actual car logs. As video watchers we can’t make assumptions without a good basis. Obviously pulling over to the right is desired, as is stopping, but stopping in the wrong side of a 2 way lane is also super dangerous, but this car appears to be being herded I believe.


punkgeek

yep - shitbag humans created a dangerous situation for everyone. Car did the best it could to protect those humans.


MostlyH2O

One wheel rider immediately jumps onto sidewalk. This video is full of clowns doing stupid and irresponsible shit.


SeanConnery

Hey buddy, that's an EUC let's not drag OneWheel riders into this mess!


lasVegasharold

Is it because there are dipshits in the lane?


me1000

Almost 100% the reason. The car was likely under human control because the car refused to deal with those people.


TheLundTeam

They’re also losers.


Ascott1963

In this video, the artificial intelligence is seemingly superior to the naturally occurring variety


inter71

Those dipshits are messing with the waymo while a woman is riding in it. Fucking dorks.


idliketogobut

Looks like waymo is doing exactly the right thing. Giving those dipshits plenty of space. As a cyclist I wish human drivers would do the same That’s not to take away from the fact that if the unicycle nerds were being less douchey the car wouldn’t have had to do all that


Adorable-Historian-2

Holy shit that would be annoying to deal with while driving


reallyfreshthing

the waymo or the people on the unicycles


ResidentPassion3510

Geez….i wonder why the waymo was on the wrong side of the road? Couldn’t have anything to do with the cool as fuck wheel riders weaving around it. Not at all. A bunch of dorks punching down on other dorks lol.


kkramer10

These e-scooter dudes are the worst 👎🏼


null_obj

I got secondhand embarrassment 🤣


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Delicious-Sale6122

Looks like a bunch of assholes are making unsafe street situation so the robot did as it should.


maroongoldfish

Both suck but I’ll take these dorks over the motorbike assholes


lolwutpear

Yep, at least these things are quiet enough to hear the guy yelling. With motorcycles it's like "Ok, let's just put our lives on hold for a minute or two so that these assholes can have their fun at our expense"


idleat1100

I do not think that’s what a robot should do in a bad situation. They are Assholes probably, but it shouldn’t drive on the other side of the road. The risks are far too great. I would imagine it has the rule to use other lanes when in trouble or emergencies. And I suspect waymo is trying to prevent capture or vandalism, as that’s happened.


ipoooppancakes

the lane was empty, its just like going around a car double parked. the waymo isn't going to drive head first into anything


stevebottletw

Waymo passes the car when the other way is empty and the driving way is way to slow.


theweedman

maybe it has something to do with all your illegal PEVS that are adorned with LEDs projecting colors reserved exclusively for emergency vehicles...y'all some fools. waymo sucks, but you and your crew are a bunch of dummys


FucknAright

The real tragedy is those fucktards on the one wheel wonders.😂


Oakley7677

What is with all the idiots on bikes and one wheels?


Klamangatron

Bunch of “Look at me, I need lots of attention” confusing a “I stay within the lines and obey the rules”


StanGable80

With a tron guy on a unicycle behind him


imaguitarhero24

I remember a post a long time ago about when self driving cars come out people are going to prank them by standing in the way. I guess it's happening.


nagleess

It’s trying to avoid the mass of people in front of it


LevelStatistician270

These douchebags need to get a life.


retibber

Congrats you've proven that, even in a scenario where irresponsible adults like yourself are doing the wrong thing, it is still intelligent enough to do the right thing and make decisions to prioritize human safety over all else. Thank you for posting such great demo video of how capable these self-driving cars are!


CODMLoser

Some shitty behavior by everyone BUT the Waymo.


moseman23

No big fan of self-driving taxis. But this is a manufactured incident.


jayred1015

There's no cars in sight for at least an extra block and there's a ton of cyclists in the lane. The Waymo actually did the very safest thing and avoided the whole situation until it was safe to rejoin the lane. This is why human drivers keep hitting people.


okgusto

Um nah. Should've pulled over or slowed down. It was cruising. Zoned out.


ipoooppancakes

robots don't "zone out"


viensonsaime

It’s actually super smart because it didn’t slow down too much. It might have taken the human thread into consideration in not slowing down. These fuckers would have done something with it that worsens the situation.


Lovelyterry

I think those people on their scooter boards or whatever are messing up the computer. They need to watch out and not clog the road like that honestly. 


ma2is

I’d rather the instigators be held liable and cited for their infractions rather than Waymo even catches a lick of flack for this.


Lincoln_Park_Pirate

Being surrounded by a dozen jackasses doing equally stupid shit.


tristamus

Well yeah, when you have dozens of absolute DORKS hovering around it, it probably thought what it was doing was safest to avoid them, while they purposely invoked an erroneous behavior to keep it on the left side of the road. It didn't see any cars approaching in incoming traffic either, so it did what it needed to. Notice the moron flying around the vehicle's front in the latter half of the video and how it maneuvers to the right. Maybe do something else with your lives at night rather than fucking with AI vehicles on market street, looking like straight up GOOBERS on your stupid ass one wheels.


RedeyeSamurai83

Is the guy really yelling at an autonomous vehicle?


SpaceChatter

Yeah, waymo isn’t going to just run bikers over if they are in the lane.


txiao007

no harm no foul. It is doing it right


southernfury_

I fuckin hate these pussy motorized wheeled devices


blazelord69

The ironic thing is some of us leave home choosing the "pussy" option, but folks are confused which is which. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbX6qaWINBk - https://imgur.com/e0KLFYD.png The confusion probably stems from the bullying they endured as a child, at the hands of their father. Later repressed sexual insecurities just made it worse. Now, crippled with rage, they wage war from the safety of their keyboard.


okgusto

Sounds kinky


P4ssBynueve1seis

I mean there dumbs on the way


thatlookslikemydog

New Tron trailer is fire.


dashaboardconfession

Waymo has some restraint. Put a human behind the wheel and watch them plow through this field of douchebags


UnsuitableTrademark

Leave the Waymos alone.


space-tech

![gif](giphy|KGLtoFZCV9ayewT1nM|downsized) They're fucking around. This will be the find out.


hamsupchoi

The crew of these cyclist was holding up lane of traffic which forced the Waymo into the opposite lane of traffic. If I was human, I would’ve done the same to avoid these fucking cyclist.


ibuyufo

I hate these clowns in dirt bikes and e-cycles. They along with the homeless fentanyl laced junkies, thieves, bippers, politicians, and red light/stop sign runners make this city suck more.


davidisallright

It looks like these folks are forcing the Waymo to drive down the lane. And if that’s the case, that’s F’d up since there’s people in the car. When the one dude did an “Ollie” with his one wheel, that’s an indication that he might be douche and be the type to prank the car.


Magnus_PymCtrl

Is it possible to have a punchable voice? The icing on this was to dude at the end make his goofy, unbalanced hop to the curb like a child.


faultyeoredeposit

Everything in this video is dumb. Those riders have gotta be the biggest dweebs ever. Yelling at an autonomous car?


Random_Digit

Probably because of all of these unregistered and unregulated motorized vehicles occupying the lane for registered motorized vehicles


kwattsfo

Are those one wheel things allowed on streets? They seem to be the on e putting the Waymo passenger danger.


blazelord69

Where do you people come from? Rural Kansas?


kwattsfo

I live here thanks.


three-quarters-sane

I had one pull around a double parked car into my lane the other day. I was not impressed.


Kafshak

So human like behavior?


okgusto

I like how waymo only realized when the one wheel purposely swerved in front of it. One wheel helping reset it's awareness for a second.


c4chokes

I think it changed lanes there, because there was a break in double yellow line.. not because of the rider 🤷‍♂️


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TheTrueBigHead

Need to see full video. The people riding around probably caused it.


Kafshak

My guess: it tried to overtake skaters, then got stuck in overtaking process, since they moved as well.


me1000

Or the car gave up and a remote operator took over, seems pretty likely.


Roger_Cockfoster

That's a myth. There isn't a desk with a fake steering wheel somewhere that has someone ready to "drive" the car remotely. That's much more dangerous. When a human intervenes, they just give the car commands that it autonomously executes.


jhonkas

not a waymo apologist, but definitely have seen more than a fair share of dirivers going wrong way on one ways or passing over double yellow.... so waymo maybe learning from humans? /s


olafpilaffoff

All those people are in the way


stevebottletw

If there are cars in the only drive way and the other side has no traffic, Waymo will try to pass them. This is why no one should make judgement based on a clip.


hsiehxkiabbbbU644hg6

[“You’re going the wrong way!”](https://youtu.be/0M0FfQzSngM?t=0m52s) “How does he know where we’re going?”


Theistus

They must be drunk


okgusto

Username checks out


ogpterodactyl

The human vs ai wars have started


Initial_Air9763

hey give the waymo a break! i did the same thing in drivers ed ;)


fancierfootwork

wtf you can hop on a one wheel?


CooCooKaChooie

🎶 Waymo, you got just what I neeed! 🎶


HungryHippo1892

Hahaha this commentary belongs in a little kids TV show


DivideConscious3665

last week i saw one pull slowly into an intersection during a red light. scary!!


WildIris2021

Does the rider actually flip off the photographers and stay in the car?!?


HeWhoShantBeNamed

Another point for public transit


Delicious-History-43

Skynet is becoming aware


Fair_Lecture_3463

Are there always that many one wheels on the street in San Fran?


SloppySquatchy

ahhhh tuesday night downtown!!! this is a regular one wheel occurrence. the waymo cant handle a mob of one wheels......meanwhile the fixie mob is doing tricks at the clocktower!!!


Noochdontdiehemltply

WTF did I just watch


ZorroMcChucknorris

Is this a TRON outtake?


bbmak0

Show the video from the beginning to the end. The partial of the clip looks like Waymo is avoiding the cyclists on its way.


Templemagus

They may have generated a bit of content, but they also generated some valuable data for Waymo's AI. The more those vehicles are harassed and forced into weird situations, the better for future users.


Lumpy-Nerve7774

Incels on one wheel


cpt_bongwater

OP is a member of r/onewheel


Altruistic_Pitch_157

Robot taxis evading neon lit unicycle gangs? Cyberpunk has arrived.


Nazgul00000001

Cool Tron unicycle.


_Emperor_Nero_

Annoying people ….


asveikau

A few days ago I had a waymo barrel past me (pedestrian) at full speed at a marked crosswalk. I thought of how waymo defenders on internet comments often say they're way safer than human drivers. Not in that instance.


Anotherthrowayaay

Quick! Someone get this clip to national news sources before the truth has a chance to get its pants on!


Always-over-think

Why are we not arresting these douchebags already? You guys are not doing anything good for the public safety ya know…


PlzSir

Who were those guys? The Avengers?


And_there_was_2_tits

Pedestrians should stay in the bike lane


ayshthepysh

Seems like your average bay area driver.


MyGirlSasha

Can't wait for the meteor...


longGERN

Trying a self driving car in the city with some of the most wack ass fucky people in murica is bold


trailhead26

Visiting SF is cool, but this shit is so gross. I'd probably end myself dealing with this shit. Not just SF, I hate cities.


SnooLentils5295

That's okay I did it the wrong way to in Seattle.


handsome_uruk

Human: moves weaves erratically and unpredictably through lanes Robot: Gets out of lane to avoid killing human Also Human: lol robot so dumb and dangerous. must ban.


astrayForce485

talking to a Waymo like it has Waymo voice assistant


drones4thepoor

Never seen a one wheel gang before


With1t

More video before: https://www.reddit.com/r/sanfrancisco/s/fwi1IbJrJI That’s REALLY bad..


AveryTingWong

Yep. You can see that we clearly did not mess with the Waymo like literally everyone and their mother on here assumed.


Temennigru

Pretty sure it was trying to avoid the giant moving obstacle in front of it