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So you're implying that someone in a locked Waymo was assaulted at gunpoint from outside the vehicle? These are rolling surveillance machines (in a good way?) a
by smlacy 4mo ago
So you're implying that someone in a locked Waymo was assaulted at gunpoint from outside the vehicle? These are rolling surveillance machines (in a good way?) and virtually every aspect of this would be caught on probably a dozen cameras. I'd be surprised if this hypothetical scenario has ever happened, and if it has, I'd love to see the evidence.
- BoorishBears 4mo agoYou're laying on enough qualifiers that even a recent robbery of a Waymo is precluded, because (if we really want to victim blame) their window was down which is asking for it. But overall, not sure why the tone of these replies: then Venn diagram of "wants to rob people" and "cares Google's AV will record it" doesn't include as much overlap as you're implying. A Waymo has even been used as a getaway vehicle a few times now, once even successfully
- vamos_davai 4mo agoCameras aren't going to stop a crime in progress.
- jfoster 4mo agoBut they might stop it from happening again if the perpetrators are imprisoned as a result of the footage.
- freediddy 4mo agoYou mean like this? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/technology/trapped-inside-a-self-driving-car-during-an-anti-robot-attack.html https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/technology/trapped-inside...
- ethbr1 4mo ago> virtually every aspect of this would be caught on probably a dozen cameras If only there were a widely available technology to conceal ones face...
- lokar 4mo agoI think people vastly overestimate the extent to which would be criminals think ahead to the likelihood of being caught and the severity of the punishment.
- jfoster 4mo agoThey might not, but there is a further defence against their lack of consideration about consequences. It's called incarceration.