That would be a serious liability if you couldn't manually unlock a Waymo. I know you have to pull the handle twice to unlock them, but don't know if that's purely electronic or just a fancy physical two-step process.
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Posts: 18496 | Location: Sonoma County, CA | Registered: April 09, 2004
I have power but last week the power at my home was out for several hours. If I were younger and in better health I would move to Tenn. Alas, I am here.
Posts: 123 | Location: Kalifornia | Registered: September 17, 2019
A good 50% of the red zones are scary places to be in the dark.
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Posts: 14782 | Location: In the gilded cage | Registered: December 09, 2007
What's weird is that 22 years ago, to the day, a fire at the same substation caused a blackout of nearly the same magnitude. And even that wasn't the first time.
Why would the cars just suddenly stop? No graceful shutdown like pulling over to stop?
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Posts: 14782 | Location: In the gilded cage | Registered: December 09, 2007
I read a rumor that Waymo cars would stop at controlled intersections, confused that the traffic lights weren't providing the data for safe crossing. Probably the worse place to brick.
Originally posted by kkina: What's weird is that 22 years ago, to the day, a fire at the same substation caused a blackout of nearly the same magnitude. And even that wasn't the first time.
But they rarely make the same mistake 3 times.
Sorry for you and the other Forum members who live there. Hard to believe sometimes that it used to be one of the most beautiful cities in the U.S.
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Posts: 10381 | Location: Northern Virginia | Registered: November 04, 2005
Supposedly by 1 PM, 99% of power was restored. A relative texted me that.
I suppose his power was restored; I don’t know if the 99% figure was fake news to let those still without power think they just had shitty luck.
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