not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoWaymo relies on firefighters and police to bail out stuck robotaxis | TechCrunchtechcrunch.comexternal-linkmessage-square6linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareZwuzelmaus@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·4 days ago But this was not an isolated incident. Waymo has relied on taxpayer-funded first responders to navigate its vehicles when they encounter issues This should be more than enough reason to cancel their operating permit (whatever it is called) immediately.
minus-squaredogslayeggs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days agoDo you think normal cars don’t occasionally break down in the middle of traffic and need to be moved out of the way by cops?
minus-squareZwuzelmaus@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·4 days agoNormal cars don’t do that (or maybe statistically next to never). Think yourself: there would have been no news at all here if these cars did it as rarely as normal cars.
This should be more than enough reason to cancel their operating permit (whatever it is called) immediately.
Do you think normal cars don’t occasionally break down in the middle of traffic and need to be moved out of the way by cops?
Normal cars don’t do that (or maybe statistically next to never).
Think yourself: there would have been no news at all here if these cars did it as rarely as normal cars.