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catbyte

(36,127 posts) Tue Jan 7, 2025, 12:06 PM Jan 7

Passenger in driverless car gets stuck in loop at airport

See, this is why I tend to side-eye "technology" until it's been around for a while

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Passenger in driverless car gets stuck in loop at airport (Original Post) catbyte Jan 7 OP

I agree I won't use anything new until all the bugs have been ironed out as they used to say Walleye Jan 7 #1

Makes me want to jump into one of those self driving traps. Biophilic Jan 7 #2

I have a hard time believing those things are allowed on public streets. Think. Again. Jan 7 #3

Reminds me of the MTA song. rickford66 Jan 7 #4

! rurallib Jan 7 #6

beat me to it. was just thinking about it. AllaN01Bear Jan 8 #14

And here I thought being in a loop with an AI-answering-phone-machine was bad. Jim__ Jan 7 #5

No way; no how! Sogo Jan 7 #7

Don't know if it was posted here. duncang Jan 8 #8

Glitches will happen, but Waymo's idea of customer support is disturbing. Eugene Jan 8 #9

"I'm sorry your car is headed toward a cliff but I can't control your car" dalton99a Jan 8 #10

Just a little glitch in the matrix... Wounded Bear Jan 8 #11

I'll use it when all the bugs have been taken out of the system. debm55 Jan 8 #12

Oh, hell no. tanyev Jan 8 #13

what can go worng, go wrong, go wrong. rinse and repeat. AllaN01Bear Jan 8 #15

Walleye

(36,895 posts)

1. I agree I won't use anything new until all the bugs have been ironed out as they used to say

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Tue Jan 7, 2025, 12:07 PM

Jan 7

Biophilic

(5,115 posts)

2. Makes me want to jump into one of those self driving traps.

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Tue Jan 7, 2025, 12:10 PM

Jan 7

Think. Again.

(19,894 posts)

3. I have a hard time believing those things are allowed on public streets.

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Tue Jan 7, 2025, 12:20 PM

Jan 7

rickford66

(5,729 posts)

4. Reminds me of the MTA song.

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Tue Jan 7, 2025, 12:23 PM

Jan 7

rurallib

(63,332 posts)

6. !

Reply to rickford66 (Reply #4)

Tue Jan 7, 2025, 07:10 PM

Jan 7

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AllaN01Bear

(23,580 posts)

14. beat me to it. was just thinking about it.

Reply to rurallib (Reply #6)

Wed Jan 8, 2025, 09:20 PM

Jan 8

Jim__

(14,544 posts)

5. And here I thought being in a loop with an AI-answering-phone-machine was bad.

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Tue Jan 7, 2025, 12:36 PM

Jan 7

Apparently, I ain't seen nothin' yet.

Sogo

(5,896 posts)

7. No way; no how!

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Tue Jan 7, 2025, 09:47 PM

Jan 7

I'm never going to own or ride in a driverless car!

And, I hope to never meet one on the rode!

I think I'd freak out if I ever met one of Elon's driverless trucks!

duncang

(3,759 posts)

8. Don't know if it was posted here.

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Wed Jan 8, 2025, 02:58 AM

Jan 8

But saw a video of a guy driving his car in auto mode. When it made a turn it went into a light rail track that had curbs on each side instead of the actual road. He was stuck in it until he could get past that area at a light. He saw a tram coming up behind him and decided he needed to run the red light to get away.

Side note: just using gps they can put you in the same situation. In North Carolina it sent me into a circle going around the same blocks. Once it sent me down a dirt road that was impassable unless you had a 4 wheel drive truck. I was in a large rv.

Eugene

(62,831 posts)

9. Glitches will happen, but Waymo's idea of customer support is disturbing.

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Wed Jan 8, 2025, 05:27 AM

Jan 8

Customer support required the rider to jump through technical hoops to override a major screwup.
Fortunately in this case, the rider was a tech guy more unflappable than most end users.

Emergency intervention needs to be simple and fool-proof. This isn't.