• frunch@lemmy.world
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    25 days ago

    I found this part to be even more alarming:

    All of the Robotaxi crashes so far have occurred with human safety monitors—who have been trained to take control of the car in the event of a software error—present in the vehicles.

    This is significant because, as TechCrunch reported on Monday, Tesla is starting to send out its Robotaxi fleet without safety monitors.

    So despite a pitiful record with people trying to correct the cars mistakes, they’re now ready to move on to running them without assistance?!? I am furious at the idea that our safety on the roads is this negotiable.

  • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
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    25 days ago

    There was a news story two weeks ago about Waymo taxis in Texas driving through 20 bus stops over a few days.

    The only response was, “company officials treat this very seriously and are working on a fix.”

    It’s bizarre how if you drove through twenty bus stops in three days, you would not only lose your license but be in jail on multiple charges.

    But if a corporation does it it is, “Oops, we will do better next time.”

    Utterly insane.

    No wonder Sovereign Citizens think they can get away with anything with the right paperwork.

    • Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      25 days ago

      They wrote the legislation that allowed themselves to operate self driving vehicles. Every one of these vehicles is a symbol of the oligarchy at work.

      • anomnom@sh.itjust.works
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        25 days ago

        Takes roughly a billion $1 pieces of paper.

        Then send a ridiculously small number of those to your state representatives.