Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 25 days agoDoorDashers are getting paid to close Waymo's self-driving car doorswww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square77fedilinkarrow-up1421arrow-down11
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minus-squareskip0110@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up55arrow-down1·25 days agoHmmm…so it costs Waymo $11.25 if you “forget” to shut the door. Maybe people will become very forgetful. Or, upon reflection, just don’t use Waymo, and don’t play into it at all.
minus-squareLastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·25 days agoIf you leave it all the way open, the car just needs to drive a couple feet with decent acceleration to close it. If you ALMOST close it, but not all the way, that would require some sort of intervention.
minus-squaretyler@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·25 days agoNah, you just speed up then slam on the brakes to open it, then you can close it as you said.
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·25 days agoThe door can latch but not be completely closed.
minus-squaretyler@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·24 days agoWell then you can drive just fine like that.
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·24 days agoBut the sensor says the door is still open, so the computer won’t.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down11·25 days agoNeed a car to get to the airport, because my city doesn’t have mass transit. If the only cars in my area are Waymos, do I just skip my flight?
minus-squareskip0110@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·25 days agoWell, in that case maybe you just forget to shut the door ;)
Hmmm…so it costs Waymo $11.25 if you “forget” to shut the door.
Maybe people will become very forgetful.
Or, upon reflection, just don’t use Waymo, and don’t play into it at all.
If you leave it all the way open, the car just needs to drive a couple feet with decent acceleration to close it.
If you ALMOST close it, but not all the way, that would require some sort of intervention.
Nah, you just speed up then slam on the brakes to open it, then you can close it as you said.
The door can latch but not be completely closed.
Well then you can drive just fine like that.
But the sensor says the door is still open, so the computer won’t.
Need a car to get to the airport, because my city doesn’t have mass transit.
If the only cars in my area are Waymos, do I just skip my flight?
Well, in that case maybe you just forget to shut the door ;)