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[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 179 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (11 children)

I work across the street from a Waymo station and they just circle the parking lot aimlessly 24/7. They had to hire someone to monitor access because they were getting stuck and blocking the commercial vehicles from accessing the dock.

Not Just Bikes predicted this months ago. They can't be bothered to pay for sufficient parking space, so they just drive around in circles when they're not actively in use.

[–] Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 122 points 1 week ago (3 children)

That seems like a giant waste of battery/fuel.

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 111 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Bet they use that as their "more than a bazillion miles rides without accidents*" statistic

[–] partofthevoice@lemmy.zip 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Why, when they can just make shit up?

[–] kurcatovium@piefed.social 11 points 1 week ago

Because now they have actual "proof" in hands.

[–] Darnton@piefed.zip 55 points 1 week ago

Everything these techbros come up with is a giant waste of energy. It doesn't concern them at all, despite out planet literally burning.

[–] Omodi@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago

Parking is expensive.

[–] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 40 points 1 week ago (1 children)

they just circle the parking lot aimlessly 24/7.

Around here this is an actionable offense. Misuse of public streets.

(They will have to do lots of reprogramming before they can try their luck outside of their own lawless country)

[–] Drusas@fedia.io 7 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] Bloefz@lemmy.world 25 points 1 week ago

The UK is US-lite these days, and probably going to be worse once reform come to power :(

[–] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 4 points 1 week ago

UK

But they want back into the EU. 👹

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[–] te_abstract_art@lemmy.world 73 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is actually completely natural migration behaviour. Waymos migrate south for the winter to warmer climates, which are less taxing on their batteries. As the weather begins to warm again, they travel north to return home and find a mate

[–] Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Only the "find a mate" bit shows that you're making a joke.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"Completely natural migration behavior?"

"Waymos migrate south for the winter to warmer climates?"

[–] Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Those are more tongue in cheek than straight up jokes. There's an actual explanation in there: Cold stresses the battery, so the self driving car moves somewhere warmer. This is the humorously framed as if it were talking about an animal, rather than a machine.

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[–] db2@lemmy.world 55 points 1 week ago

Free tires. 🤷

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 53 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 week ago

Yes, police have been known to use the Waymo camera footage for reconnaissance.

[–] slaacaa@lemmy.world 50 points 1 week ago
[–] RegularJoe@lemmy.world 37 points 1 week ago

Way more Waymos (Way mo' Waymos) than expected.

[–] Bloefz@lemmy.world 36 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They're probing our defences before the big strike

[–] lyrial@anarchist.nexus 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Not in Buckhead, they aren't. That's where the mansions in Atlanta are.

[–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Idk, seems to me they know who actually runs things

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[–] grue@lemmy.world 36 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Haha, get fucked, Buckhead.

(For reference, that's where the rich assholes live.)

But also fuck Waymo, of course.

[–] DireTech@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Isn’t that John’s Creek?

[–] grue@lemmy.world 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

People in John's Creek wish they could afford property in Buckhead. It's a big area (more than one neighborhood), but parts of it are neighborhoods with names like "Tuxedo Park" that contain legitimate mansions, including the governor's mansion. People like Tyler Perry and Elton John live there. You get the idea.

[–] DireTech@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Forgot about those parts. When I think Buckhead I think of the area near the mall. When I think rich and too afraid of the poors for even Alpharetta, I think John’s creek.

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[–] spaceracoon@lemmy.zip 33 points 1 week ago (2 children)

With an automated fleet of thousands of vehicles, I wonder how easy it will be to paralize traffic around a city in a click of a button.

[–] nahostdeutschland@feddit.org 20 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Not only traffic - Google is now able to kill every protest in the areas they are operating their Waymos. They can block streets or simply do an automated Tiananmen Square massacre by ordering their thousands of vehicles to drive at full speed through the protestors. They can also encircle protest camps like on Tahir square by simply driving around them at high speeds

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[–] lauha@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Can't wait for IRL denial of service attack

[–] etherphon@piefed.world 26 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Anyone see the movie Leave The World Behind? Looks familiar..

[–] favoredponcho@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It was teslas in that movie, but yes

[–] etherphon@piefed.world 10 points 1 week ago

Ah right, thank you :) Well, now we know that Teslas probably couldn't self drive that far without getting into an accident, hindsight.

[–] cyberpunk007@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

Thanks I was trying to remember the name of the movie, but this was my first thought also 🤣.

[–] lechekaflan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Yeah, Teslas acting more like suicide drones.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

just walk through with a radio jammer and start slashing tires.

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Jammers are illegal and expensive. Just get some orange cones and you get the same effect.

[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Jammers are illegal

who the fuck cares? so is driving a car recklessly, not stopping waymo.

jammers temporary disable comms with HQ. they will have to send techs out to fix the slashed tires and debug issues.

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[–] Etterra@discuss.online 11 points 1 week ago

Call your favorite tow company and tell them that you've got a lot of work for them.

[–] ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca 10 points 1 week ago (2 children)
[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 23 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Google's remote driving taxi service

[–] Staff@piefed.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh, they are Google? Didn't know that. Thought it was some startup.

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 7 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Yes, and they're not autonomous as they market them. They're drived by AI (actually, Indians)

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[–] Chronographs@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] Photonic@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Nahh they’re just looking for the break room

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