First look inside Waymo's self-driving taxis

Only on "CBS This Morning," we are taking you inside the self-driving car program operated by Waymo, a sister company of Google. It's the first time Waymo has allowed cameras in their autonomous minivans. The company is preparing to launch the nation's first self-driving taxi service. Kris Van Cleave reports.

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[Edgyetherman]

I love how some people are scared of Waymo even though they haven’t caused any accidents. People are so blatantly unaware of how bad real people are at driving.

[Kneephry]

I think when history looks at how slowly we implemented self driving cars when hundreds died in accidents every day- mostly caused by human error- future generations will shake their heads at how much we hesitated. We can't overreact to anecdotes where the tech isn't perfect as long as the stats show, as they do now, that the self driving cars out perform human drivers on safety.

[kerron]

She's very good at not answering a direct question.

[kennethdavy]

I think they can make it work
Just take your time don’t rush it

[danielalbertfelos]

i'm very glad to see the transportation industry embrace protecting life

[BoomerGalactica]

Great next will be the dawn of the Johnny Cab from Total Recall

[OmarDelawar]

Taxi and truck drivers, may want to look for a job now. Don’t say a random stranger on the internet hasn’t forewarned you.

[JJMin]

My Dog died,
My wife is sick
My self driving pickup left me for another man.
So, Bring me another beer!

[pacifiky]

The FIRST self-driving car taxi service was opened in 2016

[leslieking]

So look forward to getting inside and testing it out.

[vladimations]

The way poeple talk about self driving cars now, sounds like how people talked about the internet when it was first invented

[jonbarrett]

"Mistakes will happen" in the back seat, windows up..thats the way we like to..

[chuck_in_socal]

This is going to be so cool. Rational drivers!!!

[melaniexoxo]

I would totally trust these vehicles over people driving any day

[jpmorgan]

I rode in one. To say the car is cautious is an understatement. The car is so timid that it was being overtaken by human drivers all the time.

[joemcindoe]

This is so cool love it. If this sort of thing does take over though as a disabled user I have to wonder how I would use it. Currently the driver puts my wheelchair in the boot but if there's no driver that would be a bit tricky.

[dwr]

Super exciting! I can't wait for self driving cars to be common place. Looks like Waymo is way ahead of the game.

[Lildizzle]

perfect example, every wed for two years a cab is scheduled to pick me up at 4:10PM but yet yesterday I waited 60 minutes for a cab that never came, they finally sent lyft because no cabs were available. so with phoenix metro growing to 6 million by 2030 how many waymos does it take to go "anywhere, anytime"

[hersv]

This is the future. I am pretty excited about it.

[David-djkb]

The world is going to be a much different place in 20 years.