No one was inside a Waymo car as it was destroyed.

A crowd destroyed a driverless Waymo car in San Francisco::A Waymo car was destroyed in San Francisco as a crowd began vandalizing it and ultimately set the car on fire. Nobody was in the vehicle at the time.

  • masterspace@lemmy.caEnglish
    1936·
    11 months ago

    I saw a human driver get into a traffic accident because he was mad that the guy ahead of him gave someone space to turn out of a parking lot, they ended up arguing and their cars just sat there further blocking traffic for half an hour until the cops came.

    Why are you acting like robot drivers are the only fallible ones?

      • masterspace@lemmy.caEnglish
        134·
        11 months ago

        Oh please do go ahead and tell me how my 93 year old grandmother is going to bicycle home.

          • masterspace@lemmy.caEnglish
            126·
            11 months ago

            So in your world, planes, trains, and buses pick you up and drop you off at your doorstop? How cute.

              • masterspace@lemmy.caEnglish
                118·
                11 months ago

                This is what I mean, you’ll never get rid of enclosed motorized vehicles for a variety of reasons, and if we’re going to have them around, it would be better if they were self driving and killed fewer people than human drivers.

                  • masterspace@lemmy.caEnglish
                    111·
                    11 months ago

                    Those are great but how are you going to deliver goods to people’s homes? Transport furniture? Home Reno materials? Kids + their sports equipment?

                    How are you going to get the last mile to a home down a country road in winter with rain, sleet, and snow?

                    Yes, we can minimize our usage of cars, but as you scale up the capabilities of a cargo bike you just reinvent the car.