They have self-driving cars, but self-closing doors is still at least 10-15 years away.
I imagine there would be a gigantic list of safety concerns for self-closing doors.
Eh, we already have self closing trunks. As long as they are programmed correctly (not by Tesla) they sense resistance and stop.
so from now on leave all waymo’s doors open and if you see one open no you don’t
Don’t forget to fart as deep into the chair cushions as possible as well
Clearly that’s why it’s called DoorDash. /s
Take my upvote and gtfo 😂
Putting aside all the late stage capitalism going on here, I still can’t get over the fact that Alphabet (Google) spent billions of dollars developing self driving car technology only to arrive at, “Oh shit. Someone left the car door open. What do we do now?”
Giving them the ability to close their own doors just screams “kid’s arm smashed in automatic car door failure”.
I used to have a Tesla (traded it in). In the app you could open, but not close, the windows. It could be inconvenient at times but I assume the reasoning was similar.
New cars have automatic window up functions but strictly dont apply enough pressure to choke a child
Mine goes up automatically and if it encounters resistance, it goes back down again. I guess this is too hard for Tesla.
That’s weird. Most of the cars I have had can open and close the windows from the fob. (Usually double press then hold unlock or lock, though one car I had [Accord] required the key in the door for the windows to go up.)
Right - I think the difference is that, when using a fob, you’re likely within line of sight or at least nearby your car and so presumably could observe or otherwise check for car occupants, but so long as your car and phone both have reception you can use the app from anywhere without any clue who might be in or around the car.
Even if this thing was left on a single city block for 8 hours with its door open, the data it collects about nearby cars, Bluetooth devices, phones, WiFi SSIDs, recorded video/audio, etc. makes it worth it for alphabet, I imagine.
This shows you just how strong our culture is an influence here. You can leave a door open and cause enough trouble that they need to hire someone else to go manually shut it. I’m willing to bet there are a lot of seemingly innocuous ways to cause friction with these companies. The more people know and exploit them, the better.
Supposedly a salt circle drawn like “no entry” road markings can trap them.
That was the coning of waymo cars. It was their version of a salt circle.
Supposedly putting a cheapo luggage lock on a door latch requires a coordinated effort involving a locksmith or a tow truck
And, as a bonus, any ghosts or demons therein!
At first I think you were jokingly referring to them as demons. Now I realize you’re actually serious…
When I was a kid my dad would drive forward and slam the brakes to close our van door.
It was really fun until that became the only way that closed the door.
Does it charge extra to the last person that used the Waymo to cover the cost? Because if not, might as well just leave the door open every time, now you’re a job creator.
Just keep the door and you’re creating even more jobs in the door factory.
self driving cars
Top notch, very latest, highest technology, aren’t they?
LMAO!!
Hmmm…so it costs Waymo $11.25 if you “forget” to shut the door.
Maybe people will become very forgetful.
Or, upon reflection, just don’t use Waymo, and don’t play into it at all.
If you leave it all the way open, the car just needs to drive a couple feet with decent acceleration to close it.
If you ALMOST close it, but not all the way, that would require some sort of intervention.
Nah, you just speed up then slam on the brakes to open it, then you can close it as you said.
The door can latch but not be completely closed.
Need a car to get to the airport, because my city doesn’t have mass transit.
If the only cars in my area are Waymos, do I just skip my flight?
“Don’t use X” always means “it’s okay to use X if there are no alternatives but do look for alternatives”. Unless X is X. Then don’t use X.
Well, in that case maybe you just forget to shut the door ;)
The cost of doing business is to pay a poor to close a door and keep the wheels of progress spinning.
see? ai does create new jobs. checkmate ai doomers /s
Its funny because in the US, there are regulations that make it such that, even if they have the capability to close the doors remotely and anti pinch sensors etc, they are not allowed to unless it is done by someone from a device nearby while they hold down the close button.
Oooooo interesting! Is ilthe reasoning the possible accidents?
Can’t the car just back up half a meter then quickly go forward half a meter?
Now I’m imagining the car shaking off like a wet dog to shut its doors.
New rule, if you order one - fail to close the doors properly.
Door dashers certainly will be doing this
is there no saving this timeline?
The future is clocking in for another 12 hour shift at the “making minor adjustments to the super intelligent AI dick sucking factory” so you can afford to eat the bugs and live in the pod
Just accelerate at full power and the doors will close themselves, duh.
Move fast and break things!
Or reverse slightly and stop…
So what’s the point if a future car can’t close itself?
The US has serious FUD w regards to self driving vehicles and legal issues are in the way. Obviously the car could be built to do this safely but there are laws that prohibit this. Remember this is the same country that has reintroduced measles to the masses out of uneducated fear of vaccines.
Of course it is.
