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Man trapped inside driverless car as it spins in circles (www.bbc.com)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Mike Johns boarded a driverless Waymo taxi to an airport in Scottsdale, Arizona, but it began spinning in circles in a parking lot.

He filmed the moment he was trapped in the vehicle, unable to stop the car or get help.

Johns said he almost missed his flight.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I’m an Uber driver. This is what I always tells my customers: if you don’t like the way I’m driving just literally open the car door while we’re in motion and I’ll end the ride immediately.

It’s a really good system. Makes a lot of sense.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

😂 I don't understand your point. He was in a parking lot and could have safely exited at any time if he felt unsafe. Using waymo is a choice, and being a new technology, it has a few bugs that, as far as I can tell, have never been life threatening. Before I got a car, about a month ago, I was using Uber for years and Waymo (when it became available) whenever it was too hot for my dog to walk to work. I have only had ONE Uber driver who gave me the impression that they were a safer driver than Waymo. In my own anecdotal experience Waymo is SIGNIFICANTLY safer than human drivers

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