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I think so. Sent me a vid from the weekend, few people in the back seat of an EV, driving around LA, showed the front seat, and nobody is sitting there driving. I guess it's a thing, sign up on a waiting list, hope there is no "adventure". I bet they had to sign a hold harmless/assumption of risk. I'll ask her, and if she did, I rest my case. | ||
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Not my kid, but last week the wife's brother was in Phoenix and sent her a video of the brother, his kid, and a nephew tooling around Phoenix in a driverless EV. He said it was a "Waymo" taxi. _____________________________________________________________________ “One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonorable some other people can be, and how dangerous it is to trust them.” – Thomas Sowell | |||
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Yep, Waymo, driverless Uber. It is wierd seeing them on the road but the few times I have seen them they drive better then most people. ________________________ "Don't mistake activity for achievement." John Wooden, "Wooden on Leadership" | |||
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I suppose in high density urban areas, where vehicles don't travel fast, I would think relatively flat terrain, but still | |||
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Not even a Johnny Cab animatronic?  | |||
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It's the future, you buy the software (or a "subscription") it is downloaded to your car which then becomes a driverless taxi. You get a percentage of the fares it charges riders. Riders tell their phone app. that they want to go somewhere, the app. directs them to a car on the street, in a neighbor's driveway, or one is dispatched to them, they climb in and go. Should help a lot with urban parking shortages. Of course it will be taxed, probably both the car owner and the rider, can't not let the govt. get their cut. | |||
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Couple question, some comments. I don’t live in those 3 cities so I have never used this. I don’t understand the comment above about turning your car into a “waymo” car. Waymo seems fairly purpose built, cameras, radars (I assume), lots of tech piled on that car in the videos I watched. Seemed way more in depth than “downloading an app”. Driving around in a city seems reasonable. I read that LA gave them freeway access. There is zero chance I’m driving at freeway speeds with no one in a position to take over. That seems a bad idea. Does any of this stuff work well in poor weather cities? SF, LA, and Phoenix seem like great places to experiment but how does it translate elsewhere? Maybe your kid isn’t crazy. Maybe. | |||
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A lot of people have been hurt by the technology of the future. | |||
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There's a thing in NYC about these vehicles. Apparently, if you put a traffic cone near the windshield on the hood, it disables the vehicle to the point staff must be sent out to "reset" it. Some NYC residents are angry about the vehicles. | |||
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