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
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      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
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          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.

            • masterspace@lemmy.caEnglish
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              11 months ago

              With trucks, minivans, cargo bikes, and backpacks and hand carts. The first two are commercial vehicles, the last two private, the one in the middle either.

              Cool, regardless of whether they’re commercial or or private, it would still be better if they killed fewer people than they do today.

              With your tractor? Rather pointless to buy a car just for that distance and if you don’t own a tractor what are you doing out there.

              I don’t think you’ve spent much time in the country, most people don’t own tractors. It’s not just farmers as far as the eye can see, they still require a huge community / support system of electricians, mechanics, plumbers, shops and suppliers, entertainment, etc.

                • masterspace@lemmy.caEnglish
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                  11 months ago

                  Then build streets that take pedestrians and cyclists into account and make sure that people don’t have to commute by car.

                  Cool beans bro, you can do that, you’ll still have cars for the reasons I listed above. There is literally no city in existence where an elderly person can get to their doctor’s appointment in the middle of snow and rain without a car.

                  …in a village, which means bus stop in walking distance, not in single home with a five kilometre driveway.

                  Lmao. No it doesn’t. You’re not going to have a machine shop or feed supply shop in a village, it’s the size of a lumber yard and not zoned to be in a residential area.

                  Also electricians, mechanics, plumbers, shops and suppliers all have commercial vehicles,

                  Again, what’s your point about commercial vs private. Do you think self driving technology cares? Also that Waymo taxi they trashed is a commercial taxi.

                  entertainment the fuck do you mean? If there’s a cinema in the village chances are the operators live in the same building, if it’s a circus troupe they have wagons because itinerant.

                  Restaurants, theatres, rinks, stadiums, etc. You know, stuff people do for entertainment.

                  Also, lmfao at this specifically:

                  If there’s a cinema in the village chances are the operators live in the same building

                  It’s not 1920 with a projectionist living in an apartment beside the projection room.