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eppur_se_muova

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22. These should NOT be allowed on public roads until they are exhaustively tested and certified.

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun May 31, 2026, 03:48 PM

May 31

Corps are getting their way because they know which palms in Congress respond to greasing.

Our public roads are NOT a Petri dish. (Psssst: there's a cartoon or magazine cover lurking in that statement ...)

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Waymo Pulled Its Cars From the Freeway After One Fled Police With Horrified Couple on Board [View all] highplainsdem May 31 OP

"technical learnings"... Sounds like 'voice of experience'. Norrrm May 31 #1

When you get into a "self-driving" vehicle, you become a beta tester. eppur_se_muova May 31 #2

And all other people using the road orthoclad May 31 #16

Absolutely agree ! I've said similar things in the past, I was just struck by the idea of ANYONE choosing a Waymo. eppur_se_muova May 31 #17

Poiint! orthoclad May 31 #18

TechBros are rushing to get Artificial Inteligence behind the wheel in cars, local + long distance trucks, and busses. magicarpet May 31 #3

Technazis orangecrush May 31 #11

What? The programs can't recognize the flashing lights of a police car behind the car and pull over? dickthegrouch May 31 #4

I work as a motorcycle funeral escort in the Bay Area Quanto Magnus May 31 #7

Don't some recent vehicles have a built-in "remote kill switch" that's supposedly available only to law enforcement ? eppur_se_muova May 31 #19

instinct is instinct lol TalenaGor May 31 #5

Maybe passengers were watching latest episode of COPS MerryBlooms May 31 #6

I live in Phoenix and we have had Waymo's for a few years. For the few mistakes the cars have made, I can say Pisces May 31 #8

Musk? Dave says May 31 #24

Next we'll have KTLA news choppers following Waymo police chases thru the streets of Los Angeles. NBachers May 31 #9

So AI has a driving record and felony eluding mdbl May 31 #10

Bad bot bad bot orangecrush May 31 #12

You think maybe self-driving autonomous cars weren't exactly ready for prime time? Initech May 31 #13

... orangecrush May 31 #14

Why don't these things have an emergency stop button Disaffected May 31 #15

Good. Now keep them off the road. Period. mwmisses4289 May 31 #20

I had a brother in law that drove like that xuplate May 31 #21

These should NOT be allowed on public roads until they are exhaustively tested and certified. eppur_se_muova May 31 #22

It might sound cold, but... littlemissmartypants May 31 #23

That was waymo excitement than they counted on BWdem4life May 31 #25

Atlanta is crawling with these stupid things. Pinback May 31 #26

A couple of weeks ago House of Roberts May 31 #27

Yep, read about that. Pinback May 31 #29

We had to submit questionnaires to an ethics panel orthoclad May 31 #28