I have to admit, I expected a lot worse from the style of writing. This was written like some true crime stuff lol
this post was submitted on 01 Oct 2024
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Some nasty jerks they are. Well now internationally famous nasty jerks.
The victim's statement here ends with an oddly volunteered tangent and specific praise of driverless vehicles, before it finally takes an eerie turn in the last sentence...
"...With that said, I think the Human Factor in this issue is going to be a lot harder to solve than anything else.” ....FREEZE CITIZEN!
I do hope she's okay, and those two folks seem to be clowns, but this thing also all reads as likely guerilla marketing for Waymo - who the article informs me, in a very capitalism-friendly turn of events, that they now have their service open to the public in 3 cities, cars have a safety feature that checked in with her multiple times and they "rewarded" her with an extra ride. It's a light enough "crime", with a very engineered feeling and enough to feel "real" while providing ready fodder for morning radio talk shows, Jimmy Fallon and good morning America talking heads to drone on about this morning across America as time filler that quietly advertises waymo "saving" a person from the scary outside world.
Note: Also, was very funny that throughout drafting my comment here "waymo" was constantly being autocorrected to "say no" :)
Just last week I had to run over some mother fuckers
It do be like that sometimes
See now if she had a HUMAN driver, this would have turned out alot differently. But no, we gotta remove another career so Corporations can make more money...
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This made me wonder though...the car obviously has cameras on the outside, and there's also a way to communicate with the support team from inside...so is it a stretch to think that these cars could be auto-recording everything that's happening inside the car?
Should we - as riders - have any expectation of privacy in a car with no driver?
No, but then the same is true of taxis and Ubers. They all have some kind of recording equipment in them for ensuring safety and cover in case someone claims something.
You should never expect privacy in someone else's car.