Those are Cruise vehicles, though, not Waymo. I have not ridden in a Cruise so I don't know if the experiences are comparable. I am aware of the concerns portrayed in the media which is why I felt offering a first-hand account to be valuable.
Yeah, that's a fair call out. Originally I had written, "My experience was phenomenal. I do not plan on using Uber/Lyft anymore, when possible, until/unless I have a significant negative experience with autonomous driving." My original writing came out to ~6k words which was too long for HN. In trimming it down to 4k I reduced my statement and changed my stated intent a bit. Ah well.