No one was inside a Waymo car as it was destroyed.

A crowd destroyed a driverless Waymo car in San Francisco::A Waymo car was destroyed in San Francisco as a crowd began vandalizing it and ultimately set the car on fire. Nobody was in the vehicle at the time.

    • masterspace@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      So in your world, planes, trains, and buses pick you up and drop you off at your doorstop? How cute.

      • barsoap@lemm.eeEnglish
        17·
        9 months ago

        Nah. Unless you live literally at the station, which happens but is rare, doorsteps are the domain of collect taxis.

        Which btw are the most economical option in rural areas as you don’t have to drive empty buses around all the time. In cities they should be limited to people actually needing them, also open bicycle paths for microcars for people with mobility issues, not everyone wants or needs a powered wheelchair.

        • masterspace@lemmy.caEnglish
          1·
          9 months ago

          This is what I mean, you’ll never get rid of enclosed motorized vehicles for a variety of reasons, and if we’re going to have them around, it would be better if they were self driving and killed fewer people than human drivers.

            • masterspace@lemmy.caEnglish
              1·
              9 months ago

              Those are great but how are you going to deliver goods to people’s homes? Transport furniture? Home Reno materials? Kids + their sports equipment?

              How are you going to get the last mile to a home down a country road in winter with rain, sleet, and snow?

              Yes, we can minimize our usage of cars, but as you scale up the capabilities of a cargo bike you just reinvent the car.

              • barsoap@lemm.eeEnglish
                7·
                9 months ago

                Those are great but how are you going to deliver goods to people’s homes? Transport furniture? Home Reno materials? Kids + their sports equipment?

                With trucks, minivans, cargo bikes, and backpacks and hand carts. The first two are commercial vehicles, the last two private, the one in the middle either.

                How are you going to get the last mile to a home down a country road in winter with rain, sleet, and snow?

                With your tractor? Rather pointless to buy a car just for that distance and if you don’t own a tractor what are you doing out there.

                • masterspace@lemmy.caEnglish
                  1·
                  9 months ago

                  With trucks, minivans, cargo bikes, and backpacks and hand carts. The first two are commercial vehicles, the last two private, the one in the middle either.

                  Cool, regardless of whether they’re commercial or or private, it would still be better if they killed fewer people than they do today.

                  With your tractor? Rather pointless to buy a car just for that distance and if you don’t own a tractor what are you doing out there.

                  I don’t think you’ve spent much time in the country, most people don’t own tractors. It’s not just farmers as far as the eye can see, they still require a huge community / support system of electricians, mechanics, plumbers, shops and suppliers, entertainment, etc.

                  • barsoap@lemm.eeEnglish
                    7·
                    9 months ago

                    Cool, regardless of whether they’re commercial or or private, it would still be better if they killed fewer people than they do today.

                    Then build streets that take pedestrians and cyclists into account and make sure that people don’t have to commute by car. That’s the coffee-drinking mobile-swiping distracted drivers thinking their Tesla can drive for them.

                    It’s not just farmers as far as the eye can see, they still require a huge community / support system of electricians, mechanics, plumbers, shops and suppliers, entertainment, etc.

                    …in a village, which means bus stop in walking distance, not in single home with a five kilometre driveway. Also electricians, mechanics, plumbers, shops and suppliers all have commercial vehicles, entertainment the fuck do you mean? If there’s a cinema in the village chances are the operators live in the same building, if it’s a circus troupe they have wagons because itinerant.