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A stalled Waymo brought Kamala Harris' motorcade to a halt in SF

57 points by rntn

by crazygringo

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It doesn't even say for how long. 5 minutes? 10 minutes? Especially since apparently a police officer was able to hop right in and drive it out of the way.
I'm more curious why stalled Waymo's aren't being immediately detected by Waymo, and remote drivers/controllers aren't immediately manually addressing the situation.
Or are they, and this would have been resolved in the next 5 minutes anyways?

by babl-yc

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If this is the the most concerning Waymo headline for the month @ 100k rides/week I'd say things are going pretty well on their end

by newfocogi

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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 that Waymo operates? Can a random person open the door of a Waymo and move it at will?

by AlotOfReading

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"Autonomous car blocks motorcade" is one chase scene away from a scifi thriller. It truly is the future.

by dcmatt

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This feels like I, Robot— except instead of killer robots in a tunnel, we’ve got driverless cars cluelessly blocking motorcades

by johnboiles

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Totally fine to give citations to driverless cars, but can we also start issuing citations to human drivers again too? Its pretty wild out there

by nemo44x

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by dyauspitr

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Honestly, Waymo seems to be killing it. If this is what the growing pains look like it’s totally acceptable imo.

by paulddraper

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FYI for anyone that doesn't drive, this happens with human drivers too.
I helped push a drivered car out of an intersection Thursday.