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How do you make sure there isn’t human semen or worse on the seats on which you and your children will sit? At least with taxis driven by humans you knew that t

How do you make sure there isn’t human semen or worse on the seats on which you and your children will sit? At least with taxis driven by humans you knew that there was someone making sure that won’t happen that often, but with driverless taxis all bets are off.

mavhc 2y ago
Do you think that Waymo doesn't have cameras inside the car?
saagarjha 2y ago
Waymos have been far cleaner than the Ubers I've ridden in. I think they are cleaned daily?
- robertlagrant 2y ago
  I wonder how this affects the price. Is the price you're paying now the real price, or a subsidised price?
pyrale 2y ago
Well, how will taxi-sex enjoyers make sure that no toddler vomited on the seat they intend to frolic on?
leoedin 2y ago
Is that not just a general issue in public? Park bench? Back of the bus? There could be human semen everywhere! It's why I always insist on wrapping my kids in plastic before letting them leave the house.
nl 2y ago
Surely they have cameras? I’d trust that a lot more than a taxi driver keeping their cab clean.
- paganel 2y ago
  When has that stopped anyone?
  - asoneth 2y ago
    It may not stop someone the first time, but it's not hard to block the reserving account and prevent a second time from occurring. For most people the threat of being placed on the "no-fly" list is sufficient to ensure prosocial behavior.
Certhas 2y ago
As someone with kids... What if there is? The presence of dried Semen on a seat on which my kids sit will have zero negative impact on them. At all. Is it Yuck? Yes of course. But it also seems extremely unlikely. And it's a lot less Yuck than thinking about what's in the sand in public playgrounds that all kids visit constantly. And while I have a reasonable chance of preventing them from licking the seats, I have no chance of preventing them from eating some sand. This is just a bizarre irrational worry...
- paganel 2y ago
  > This is just a bizarre irrational worry... Do you and your kids take public transport regularly? In a failing city/society, that is. Because if the answer is "yes, I do take public transport in a city that struggles to pay its bills and I still don't care that the chairs have weird organic substances on them" then fair-play to you, but for me personally at some point I had to purchase a personal car (when I was already approaching my mid-30s) because I just couldn't convince myself anymore that it is ok to not want to sit down inside of a train ("better stand up by the window, that seat is too dirty"). And these robo-taxis will be worse than public transport, for the main reason that there's no-one "standing guard" inside of them (and, no, Big Brother cameras placed inside of them, which should be a dedicated topic all by itself, btw, really won't change a thing in that respect).
  - Lewton 2y ago
    > And these robo-taxis will be worse than public transport If you soil a waymo taxi, they can ban you from ever booking another one, the same cannot be said for public transport While I consider this somewhat dystopian, I do think it's pretty clear that they will be much cleaner than public transport for that reason
  - tialaramex 2y ago
    Just so we're clear: You're agreeing right? You're irrational about this and as a result it's damaged your life. You reached a situation where everyday things are "too dirty" and rather than realising that's a mental health problem and you might need to fix that, you... found an expensive and elaborate coping strategy which necessitates further crazy beliefs.

mavhc 2y ago

Do you think that Waymo doesn't have cameras inside the car?

saagarjha 2y ago

Waymos have been far cleaner than the Ubers I've ridden in. I think they are cleaned daily?

robertlagrant 2y ago
I wonder how this affects the price. Is the price you're paying now the real price, or a subsidised price?

pyrale 2y ago

Well, how will taxi-sex enjoyers make sure that no toddler vomited on the seat they intend to frolic on?

leoedin 2y ago

Is that not just a general issue in public? Park bench? Back of the bus? There could be human semen everywhere! It's why I always insist on wrapping my kids in plastic before letting them leave the house.

nl 2y ago

Surely they have cameras? I’d trust that a lot more than a taxi driver keeping their cab clean.

paganel 2y ago
When has that stopped anyone?
- asoneth 2y ago
  It may not stop someone the first time, but it's not hard to block the reserving account and prevent a second time from occurring. For most people the threat of being placed on the "no-fly" list is sufficient to ensure prosocial behavior.

Certhas 2y ago

As someone with kids... What if there is? The presence of dried Semen on a seat on which my kids sit will have zero negative impact on them. At all. Is it Yuck? Yes of course. But it also seems extremely unlikely. And it's a lot less Yuck than thinking about what's in the sand in public playgrounds that all kids visit constantly. And while I have a reasonable chance of preventing them from licking the seats, I have no chance of preventing them from eating some sand. This is just a bizarre irrational worry...

paganel 2y ago
> This is just a bizarre irrational worry... Do you and your kids take public transport regularly? In a failing city/society, that is. Because if the answer is "yes, I do take public transport in a city that struggles to pay its bills and I still don't care that the chairs have weird organic substances on them" then fair-play to you, but for me personally at some point I had to purchase a personal car (when I was already approaching my mid-30s) because I just couldn't convince myself anymore that it is ok to not want to sit down inside of a train ("better stand up by the window, that seat is too dirty"). And these robo-taxis will be worse than public transport, for the main reason that there's no-one "standing guard" inside of them (and, no, Big Brother cameras placed inside of them, which should be a dedicated topic all by itself, btw, really won't change a thing in that respect).
- Lewton 2y ago
  > And these robo-taxis will be worse than public transport If you soil a waymo taxi, they can ban you from ever booking another one, the same cannot be said for public transport While I consider this somewhat dystopian, I do think it's pretty clear that they will be much cleaner than public transport for that reason
- tialaramex 2y ago
  Just so we're clear: You're agreeing right? You're irrational about this and as a result it's damaged your life. You reached a situation where everyday things are "too dirty" and rather than realising that's a mental health problem and you might need to fix that, you... found an expensive and elaborate coping strategy which necessitates further crazy beliefs.