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Waymo Pulled Its Cars From the Freeway After One Fled Police With Horrified Couple on Board (futurism.com)
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"This is it. We're dead. We're going to die right here in the Waymo."

This combined with another recent article from some insiders at Tesla saying, along the lines, "You couldn't pay me to let one of these things drive me somewhere."

And yet I still know people who are just so chuffed about "never having to drive again."

EDIT: Comments have pointed out that this story is, at best, overblown and semi-fabricated otherwise. Take it with a massive grain of salt. But feel free to discuss self-driving, waymo, etc in the comments!

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[โ€“] 1 point 5 months ago (4 children)

We do still have taxis even in countries where mass transit is well maintained and popular. They're also not the perfect form of transportation for everyone as people can have disabilities causing limited mobility etc.

Automating things like trains also seems to have been a very slow process.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Accessible trains and buses exist and are commonplace

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

    it's a very narrow view of accessibility to think the whole problem is solved by making an accessible bus you can get on with a wheelchair. Limited mobility affects your ability to get to the bus stop and it comes in many forms. Visually impaired people also benefit.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 5 months ago

    Literally every single city bus in my small German 50k home town is wheelchair accessible. The bus drivers are also required to assist. And the trains are increasingly being replaced with similarly accessible versions, including modifications to the platforms to allow easy entry. U-Bahn trains are, as far as i know, always accessible for a long, long time now. At least in the cities i've visited so far. For example Munich: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3CA46JXd2g

    For less connected areas, we have a "Rufbus", that can come and collect you similarly to a taxi service. They try to get multiple people if they can. And they also have cars for wheelchair users at their disposal.

    In terms of automating, yes it's slow. Regulations have to be applied or worked out to make it work. Which is reasonable. Nuremberg does have the first driverless U-Bahn, though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_U-Bahn

    Nuremberg driverless U-Bahn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDLpcgXLKZA

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