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How does waymo prevent homeless sleeping in the cars?
by InDubioProRubio 2y ago
How does waymo prevent homeless sleeping in the cars?
- qgin 2y agoProbably similar to Uber
- jsnell 2y agoI appreciate thinking about abuse vectors ahead of time, but that particular one doesn't seem like a super hard thing to deal with? You can't just step into one at will, you need to actually order the car with the phone app and a valid credit card. Most homeless people don't, I would think, have credit cards. And after doing it once, they'd be banned from ordering another car ever again. If the Waymo detects that the passenger has not left the car, I'd imagine it would first issue annoying notifications about how the trip is over, and eventually call the ops center who would order it to drive back to home base.
- InDubioProRubio 2y agoYou just open the door a bit, park a cone, sleep all day, free cabin. Ops center gives up on the car
- fragmede 2y agoThe doors are locked and you have to unlock them with the app before you can get in.
- Axsuul 2y agoThey are monitored
- sangnoir 2y agoIf someone manages to break into a vehicle without an active account with payment details on record, it can drive them right to the police (or shelter).
- InDubioProRubio 2y agoIs it really breaking in, if one person steps out and another just "slides" in.. the door was open.
- sangnoir 2y agoI suppose that's one argument a public defender may make to a judge when it goes to trial. I don't think the argument would fly though.
- rdsubhas 2y agoAutomatically drive to a hub specialized for this or a police station?
- InDubioProRubio 2y agoBut you can easily block the driving? Two cones and in parks in the tenderloin forever?
- bryan_w 2y agoThey would send a human out to deal with it