Take Waymo to airport. What could possibly go wrong?

[oldbrownhat]

Tech entrepreneur trapped in circling self-driving car on way to airport: ‘I feel like I’m in the movies’

Mike Johns was heading to the airport in a self-operating “Waymo” taxi on his way home from Scottsdale, Ariz., last month when the rogue vehicle began driving in circles, causing him to make a panicked call for help.

“I got a flight to catch. Why is this thing going in a circle? I’m getting dizzy,” Johns said to a Waymo customer-service representative from the backseat of the spinning vehicle...

The rep was eventually able to get control of the vehicle after a few minutes, with just enough time for Johns to get on his flight home to LA, according to CBS...

The vehicle made “eight circles,” according to Johns’ LinkedIn post. “It felt like a scene in a sci-fi thriller.”​

Sounds like something from The Outer Limits. "There is nothing wrong with your television set vehicle. You are about to participate in a great adventure..."

 

[Rudi]

This tech is far from ready use.

 

[Old 44 Guy]

If I can't drive there myself I'm not going.

 

[lihpster]

So, you get a ride from someplace called, essentially, the direction one of the Three Stooges would travel, and you're upset when it gets a little funny?

 

[swsig]

Maybe the Waymo taxi was responding to something the passenger was doing, especially if the passenger was using his cell phone to play the Beach Boys' classic, "I Get Around".

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzDNsg8VbIU[/ame]

 

[ladder13]

We saw a Waymo running all over the Scottsdale area a few months ago. Was it the same one, no idea.
Weirdest thing, no driver nor passenger.

 

[johngalt]

They should rename it "Johnny Cab"

 

[NYlakesider]

Stop the world, I want to get off!

 

[oldbrownhat]

Stop the world, I want to get off!

"I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that."

 

[wuluf]

That's Waymo tech than I want!

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[Rule3]

Here is a old y for you,


I don't know why his Wife didn't give him another nickle??


[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbtkL5_f6-4[/ame]

 

[oldbrownhat]

Here is a old y for you,

I don't know why his Wife didn't give him another nickle??

They're still around, albeit with new members. They should do a revised "Waymo" version. With inflation, "nickle" would have to be updated to "Lincoln" now, though

 

[Eric300]

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFHMdY9HijM[/ame]

 

[Golddollar]

This tech is far from ready use.

An airliner was sitting on the tarmac, waiting in line for takeoff. All of a sudden a message came over the PA system:

"Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to Flight 797. Today's flight will be controlled by our new Autonomous Operating System, or AOS. The AOS is a new system that will control this flight without the intervention of any human operators. This will eliminate any incidents related to human error. So sit back, relax, and remember, nothing can go wrong . . go wrong . . . go wrong."

 

[Onomea]

I was in San Francisco last October, and saw a number of Waymo taxis in operation. I later read that they are particularly popular among young women traveling home late at night because they do not have the risk of the driver harassing them.

On the other hand, I also read an article about occasional cases of men in cars confounding Waymo taxis with women in them as a form of harassment, or following the Waymos to their destinations, frightening the female passengers. Such cases of harassment seem to be very rare though.

Personally, I like the idea of self-driving cars. I'd like a car that I could either drive or put on autopilot, depending on how I was feeling at the time.

 

[oldbrownhat]

I ...Personally, I like the idea of self-driving cars. I'd like a car that I could either drive or put on autopilot, depending on how I was feeling at the time.

Well, as they say "Your mileage may vary" - depending on how many times the cab circles the parking lot

 

[Rustyt1953]

 

[Walkin Horse]

I passed a Tesla the other day,which the driver had both hands behind his head and kicked back. I thought briefly but I know better, but I couldn’t help thinking about cutting in front of him and slowing down to see what happens. But I didn’t.

 

[oldbrownhat]

I passed a Tesla the other day,which the driver had both hands behind his head and kicked back. I thought briefly but I know better, but I couldn’t help thinking about cutting in front of him and slowing down to see what happens. But I didn’t.

 

[madmikeb]

I passed a Tesla the other day,which the driver had both hands behind his head and kicked back. I thought briefly but I know better, but I couldn’t help thinking about cutting in front of him and slowing down to see what happens. But I didn’t.

I read a little while back that Tesla's don't always "see" motorcycles and they are a big hazard to bikes. I make sure when I'm on my bike that I give them a wide berth. Not a fan of self driving anything.