SF couple describes riding in Waymo driverless car that was being attacked

#waymo #driverless #selfdriving #sanfrancisco #automobile #abc7news

[mike]

This is unfortunately the problem with self-driving cars. If someone approaches the car and "attacks" you, you cannot just drive off which is what a human can do!

[jeretso]

Kidnapped by a guy blocking sensors? Bay area needs Robocop

[iHeartKryptoCoins]

Wrong, the attacker will break the window!

[VIRGONOMICS]

No one defends themselves here - they just politely cower. These machines are being tested and used as well - meanwhile the city is in shambles and people need jobs . Fancy .

[mtc]

The question is why would you give up the control of a vehicle to an electronic entity ? and yes I mean entity....humans so ready to give up their sovereignty to IA,

[aj-savage]

SF doesn't need driverless cars. It needs cars driven by Terminators.

[Americanoligarchy]

San Francisco is the worst place to develop this technology. There are too many bicyclists and pedestrians here. I hate these with a passion. Theyre creepy surreal and promote antisocial behavior. They give me the willys. I will always prefer a professional driver taking me to appointments and for running errands. This preview of our future dystopian nightmare needs to take a hike.

[briankerschke]

why would anyone get in a car like that

[escapedgoat]

Umm just because they can't use a door handle dont mean. Your safe inside a box stuck

[vihtoripuurola]

Should be heavy penalties for doing this.

[FarginBastiges]

Closed captioning put question marks on the end of the rider's statements. LOL

[AhJodie]

Can a passenger override the system and take control? I would want that. The way life is, there are situations no one can predict, and I would want to be able to take charge and get myself to safety if possible! This also seems like a really cool job!

[JohnSmith-coex]

Fake account because I don't want to get sued or anything.
I worked for waymo for almost 2 years. they typically drive themselves. The cars are operated (for the most part) remotely, and we would only take over if the car gets "stuck". which happens quite frequently. Some do have drivers, but I digress.
Usually we would just send roadside dispatch to have someone unstick the car back to the depot. this can take like 10-15 minutes, ive seen it happen.
this isn't the only way to mess with these cars. we had learning modules on pedestrians laying in the road, protestors putting traffic cones in front of the cars, etc.
There's some crazy stuff those cars will attempt to do on their own.
If there is a safety event, whoever was watching the car (all cars are watched on a 1:1 ratio) should have immediately sent a LEO event, it auto notifies police. Depending on the police and waymo response time, someone made a big or even bigger whoopsie. This just after a waymo car hit a bicyclist a few days ago

When cruze (waymo's main competitor) got suspended from operating in San Fran, I was amazed that Waymo was allowed to keep operating there.

[NikkiRowCoxx]

The real culprit is the jerk who attacked the Waymo

[myobmyob]

Robocars: We wanna test drive our cars for a few years
Govt: OK go do it in the least populated county or state
Robocars: Nooo! Not like that! We wanna do it in the most congested place in the US!
Govt: ???

[boorightness]

sensors should be on the top of the car and there should be an option for passengers to be able to access and take control of the vehicle in case of emergency

[rcnightlife]

Just like Tesla, In case of a fire... With electronic doors ... You are stuck inside with instant flames ..

[ujkncoq]

The waymo made a left turn in front of the bicycle who was not visible due to a truck. Programmers need to work on that.

[chrisyonts]

HERE'S A TEACHING MOMENT: STAY THE HELL OUT OF S.F.

[SkiSkillsMontana]

So breaking the window would not let you in🤔 sus