Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoDoorDashers are getting paid to close Waymo's self-driving car doorswww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square58linkfedilinkarrow-up1403arrow-down11
arrow-up1402arrow-down1external-linkDoorDashers are getting paid to close Waymo's self-driving car doorswww.engadget.comLudicrous0251@piefed.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square58linkfedilink
minus-squareskip0110@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up53arrow-down1·1 month 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-up25·1 month 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-up2·1 month 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-up12·1 month agoThe door can latch but not be completely closed.
minus-squaretyler@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoWell then you can drive just fine like that.
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoBut the sensor says the door is still open, so the computer won’t.
minus-squareUnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down10·1 month 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-up17·1 month 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 ;)