Expecting people to not sabotage the rolling death machines "too high a bar"
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I guess necessary bike safety gear needs to include a brick
I walk my dog with a pocket full of rocks to throw at cars.
Can’t afford bricks. There’s a war on.
I actually have a small but bright orange hatchet (I spray it to help keep rust off it and also to make it super easy to spot from the other side of my campsite) I keep on my bag, mostly for Camping, but I use the same bag when I'm on my bike.
I've started keeping it on, and have seemingly had less people giving me shit when I'm biking through town.
AI companies: Our AI is so powerful, it could take over the world if we don't regulate it
Also AI companies: Bike lanes scary
It can't run a vending machine but we're going to let it make life-or-death decisions.
Well, if Waymo can't comply with proper street conduct, its services should be banned from public roads until they are ready and capable of complying with them.
Respect goes both ways.
Dude, expecting fucking HUMAN drivers to respect bike lanes is too high a bar.
no problem, don't expect me to respect driverless taxis then
I can fuk a car up pretty good, so they'll learn how to "respect" me at least
They don't respect bike lanes...
Do they respect bricks?
No, but it might be gratifying to verify that information repeatedly.
I wonder if they respect the ceramic from a broken spark plug… apparently it’s sharp enough to easily shatter tempered glass… so I’ve heard
Unless you want to be dragged under the car, you should prefer a range weapon. Close in weapons are for melees or parking lots
Won't succeed here in the Netherlands then
Totally out of curiosity as I ask a lot of questions. I’m assuming these also have to be roadworthy. Can they drive with a light out or a damaged or a missing windscreen wiper?
What kinda damage would take these out of action for small period? Or cost the most in terms of repair?
Also if one had a ‘I support Palestine action’ sticker on it, would it be considered a car displaying a terrorist message?
They stop and can't move again with a cone on the hood.
Do with that information what you will.
These cars aren't looking through the windscreen. They're covered in sensors and probably use LIDAR system to navigate. They see in the dark and through fog.
It's fairly obvious where the sensors are located looking at the car. And because these cars are dumb as hell, it takes relatively little to disrupt their ability to tell the difference between say, a person the car has to stop for, and a cardboard cutout of Scott Bacula. Or a traffic cone, as another user mentioned though that particular exploit may have been patched out by now.
Someone is going to spray paint dicks on them
People parking to drop others off or make deliveries is the most common use of bike lanes by cars/trucks. Why would I expect Waymo to be different? Thanks for saying it out loud, though?
Drivers don't respect the bike lanes either, in many cases. At least the driver-less cars won't veer into the bike lane on purpose or throw things at bikers, both of which I have had happen to me.
We need a word for the singularity event when AI becomes more humane than fuckwits.
"others do it too", what a poor argument, usually used by dictators invading other countries or people stealing stuff.


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