4 hoursNot in Buckhead, they aren’t. That’s where the mansions in Atlanta are.
- Ulrich@feddit.orgEnglish14 hours
I work across the street from a Waymo station and they just circle the parking lot aimlessly 24/7. They had to hire someone to monitor access because they were getting stuck and blocking the commercial vehicles from accessing the dock.
Not Just Bikes predicted this months ago. They can’t be bothered to pay for sufficient parking space, so they just drive around in circles when they’re not actively in use.
- Darnton@piefed.zipEnglish10 hours
Everything these techbros come up with is a giant waste of energy. It doesn’t concern them at all, despite out planet literally burning.
Bet they use that as their “more than a bazillion miles rides without accidents*” statistic
- Zwuzelmaus@feddit.orgEnglish11 hours
they just circle the parking lot aimlessly 24/7.
Around here this is an actionable offense. Misuse of public streets.
(They will have to do lots of reprogramming before they can try their luck outside of their own lawless country)
- 11 hours
They’re already starting up in the UK.
https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/waymo-self-driving-car-wakes-london-street-5HjdYx5_2/
- Bloefz@lemmy.worldEnglish10 hours
The UK is US-lite these days, and probably going to be worse once reform come to power :(
- grue@lemmy.worldEnglish12 hours
Haha, get fucked, Buckhead.
(For reference, that’s where the rich assholes live.)
But also fuck Waymo, of course.
- grue@lemmy.worldEnglish11 hours
People in John’s Creek wish they could afford property in Buckhead. It’s a big area (more than one neighborhood), but parts of it are neighborhoods with names like “Tuxedo Park” that contain legitimate mansions, including the governor’s mansion. People like Tyler Perry and Elton John live there. You get the idea.
- DireTech@sh.itjust.worksEnglish10 hours
Forgot about those parts. When I think Buckhead I think of the area near the mall. When I think rich and too afraid of the poors for even Alpharetta, I think John’s creek.
- grue@lemmy.worldEnglish4 hours
I mean, the higher-density parts are surely incredibly expensive, too. Elton John’s place (which he apparently sold a few years ago for over $7M) was a high-rise condo on Peachtree Road. And that was an older building near West Wesley; I’d expect newer buildings near Paces Ferry or Lenox Road to be even higher $/ft2.
- Mouselemming@sh.itjust.worksEnglish10 hours
Yes, police have been known to use the Waymo camera footage for reconnaissance.
- GreenKnight23@lemmy.worldEnglish12 hours
just walk through with a radio jammer and start slashing tires.
- SkyezOpen@lemmy.worldEnglish10 hours
Jammers are illegal and expensive. Just get some orange cones and you get the same effect.
- GreenKnight23@lemmy.worldEnglish9 hours
Jammers are illegal
who the fuck cares? so is driving a car recklessly, not stopping waymo.
jammers temporary disable comms with HQ. they will have to send techs out to fix the slashed tires and debug issues.
- yeehaw@lemmy.caEnglish11 hours
Thanks I was trying to remember the name of the movie, but this was my first thought also 🤣.
Ah right, thank you :) Well, now we know that Teslas probably couldn’t self drive that far without getting into an accident, hindsight.
- Staff@piefed.worldEnglish12 hours
Oh, they are Google? Didn’t know that. Thought it was some startup.
Yes, and they’re not autonomous as they market them. They’re drived by AI (actually, Indians)
- flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyzEnglish11 hours
Partially. If they get stuck a human is alerted to take over remotely. I think they are Filipinos though, based on some other news here.
- frunch@lemmy.worldEnglish9 hours
