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It appears that a police officer was able to enter the Waymo to move it. I’ve never heard of this before. Are law enforcement trained to do this in all areas th
by newfocogi 2y ago
It appears that a police officer was able to enter the Waymo to move it. I’ve never heard of this before. Are law enforcement trained to do this in all areas that Waymo operates? Can a random person open the door of a Waymo and move it at will?
- whimsicalism 2y ago> Can a random person open the door of a Waymo and move it at will? No, IIRC they all have law enforcement procedures which probably include ability to move car
- kotaKat 2y agohttps://waymo.com/firstresponders/ https://waymo.com/firstresponders/ Waymo has an emergency team that will guide LE on taking over a Waymo. They'll shut it down, pop the doors, and give them a code to punch in on the wheel controls to disengage it and put it in manual mode to shuttle it out of the way.
- Brian_K_White 2y agoThis kinda sounds like employing the police to do your job. Police/Fire etc should absolutely have this ability, but that is a seperate issue.
- Aerroon 2y agoIf police/fire get this ability commonly then will they start asking for it with regular cars as well?
- weaksauce 2y agothey already do this regularly. just instead of driving it off the road they ram it with their vehicles off the road. edit: or if there's time they will tow it.
- paulddraper 2y agoIf the driver is incapacitated, they will move the vehicle themselves
- valval 2y agoMoving a car if the driver is incapacitated or not present?
- 1659447091 2y agoblock access to a fire hydrant they may break the windows put the car in neutral and move it out of the way
- capitainenemo 2y agoOr this.. https://abcnews.go.com/US/park-fire-hydrants-california-fire-department-posts-viral/story?id=61355429 https://abcnews.go.com/US/park-fire-hydrants-california-fire...
- nativeit 2y agoTraditionally, this is called “towing”.
- whimsicalism 2y agoview it as a subsidy of the technology, which i think we should be doing
- 2y ago
- bink 2y agoI've seen a Waymo block the Muni tracks before. When a train finally showed up a cop appeared in less than a minute. They didn't jump in the car but they did knock on the window and speak to a support rep. The rep was able to instruct the car to move forward and turn onto a side street. It then blocked the side street for a bit before eventually moving on. While I'm not against self-driving taxis I have some serious concerns over how these cars will impact emergency response in an earthquake or fire if the cars become more prevalent.
- paulddraper 2y ago> I have some serious concerns over how these cars will impact emergency response in an earthquake or fire More than meatbags?
- pclmulqdq 2y agoThe meatbags are panicky apes, but they know how to get out of they way.
- thrill 2y agoI've personally seen more than once the meatbags confuse the accelerator for the brake.
- dghlsakjg 2y agoHave you ever really watched an emergency vehicle try to get through a traffic clogged road. The Meatbags most certainly do not now how to get out of the way.
- pclmulqdq 2y agoDo you, by chance, live in NYC? That is the only place I have lived where the meatbags regularly do not get out of the way of sirens. In most other places, they make a great effort.
- 2y ago
- dist-epoch 2y agoYou can hear the police officer speaking with someone through the car open window.