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Standing in the way of slop bowls: the woman blocking food delivery robots (www.theguardian.com)
submitted 12 hours ago by to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world
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[–] 11 points 11 hours ago (8 children)

The road! It's got 4 wheels and motors. Or we could think about how we've designed urban spaces that surrender all space to cars forcing everyone not in a car can get fucked, so maybe take one car lane away and make a new bike/ delivery bot lane.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 hours ago (2 children)

    Except they're not road fit.

    They can't go at appropriate speeds (IIRC most of these go at best 10mph)

    They're small and low - visibility within city level follow distance is impossible

    Overall, everyone's safer if they stay on the pavement.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 hours ago (1 child)

    These things are pretty much exclusively used on college campuses and downtown areas

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  • [–] 1 point 10 hours ago

    I'm not sure I see your point, unless you're assuming college campuses and downtown cores aren't still heavily car based in the US? I assure you most of them have a road or parking lane to spare near the restaurants that the bots want to pick up from

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  • [–] -3 points 10 hours ago (1 child)

    Honestly, have them share a bus lane, or expand bike lanes into a secondary lane for delivery robots. Make it on the outside though, so there's a buffer for cyclists.

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