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Old Oct 24, 2024 | 1:11 am
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techtwink
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Originally Posted by Boraxo
In any case I don't see anyone visiting SF metro area with the sole purpose of paying to ride in waymo. 1000s per day pay $$ to ride cable cars and take the ferry to alcatraz.
Originally Posted by returnoftheyeti
I don't know if people do visit here, just for the purpose of riding a Waymo, but I for sure know its a tourist attraction in its own right.
Yes, as returnoftheyeti says, it's definitely an attraction, and I'd argue one of the more famous contemporary symbols of San Francisco. I take Waymos multiple times a week, and without fail, I see at least half a dozen tourists taking pictures/videos of my driver-less car passing by whenever I take a ride.

Among the ~4 groups of friends/family that have visited me this year (mostly from the East Coast), every single one of them has asked to ride in a Waymo.

By the way, I feel much safer in a Waymo than in an Uber or Lyft. Human drivers are awful.
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