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this post was submitted on 01 Jun 2026
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There is no safety driver in these things right? But there are controls, yes? So why couldn't one of the passengers have hopped into the driver seat and pressed the brake? I mean, I know it can be a challenge getting into the driver seat from another seat for even a fit person but i'd rather be trying to stop the thing than sitting watching in horror as the car goes crazy.
Also, trains have emergency stop buttons. Maybe we should have kill switches inside these things. Hit a button and the car pulls over and stops.
Would you want to be the person trying to get into the seat only to stop the vehicle and then get arrested by the cops for fleeing? That sounds like a recipe for getting shot in the US.
These things have cameras inside and out. And they're branded. So you're going to have a record of the thing going nuts and the cops are probably not going to shoot passengers in a waymo, that's a PR nightmare.
Almost every single police shooting of a person still in their vehicle is a "PR nightmare". If that's all it took to stop this from happening it wouldn't have happened again after the first time.
No reason at all. If you touch the wheel or pedals, it automatically disengages the automatic driving.
There is a screen on the back of the front seats, with buttons to stop/pullover and contact support.
All the safety options were there, but instead of using any of them he took out his phone to record video of not a whole lot happening. Because that's what you do when you really fear for your life, after all.