Passenger in driverless car gets stuck in loop at airport

[catbyte]

See, this is why I tend to side-eye "technology" until it's been around for a while

[Walleye]

1. I agree I won't use anything new until all the bugs have been ironed out as they used to say

[Biophilic]

2. Makes me want to jump into one of those self driving traps.

[Think. Again.]

3. I have a hard time believing those things are allowed on public streets.

[rickford66]

4. Reminds me of the MTA song.

[rurallib]

6. !

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[AllaN01Bear]

14. beat me to it. was just thinking about it.

[Jim__]

5. And here I thought being in a loop with an AI-answering-phone-machine was bad.

Apparently, I ain't seen nothin' yet.

[Sogo]

7. No way; no how!

I'm never going to own or ride in a driverless car!

And, I hope to never meet one on the rode!

I think I'd freak out if I ever met one of Elon's driverless trucks!

[duncang]

8. Don't know if it was posted here.

But saw a video of a guy driving his car in auto mode. When it made a turn it went into a light rail track that had curbs on each side instead of the actual road. He was stuck in it until he could get past that area at a light. He saw a tram coming up behind him and decided he needed to run the red light to get away.

Side note: just using gps they can put you in the same situation. In North Carolina it sent me into a circle going around the same blocks. Once it sent me down a dirt road that was impassable unless you had a 4 wheel drive truck. I was in a large rv.

[Eugene]

9. Glitches will happen, but Waymo's idea of customer support is disturbing.

Customer support required the rider to jump through technical hoops to override a major screwup.
Fortunately in this case, the rider was a tech guy more unflappable than most end users.

Emergency intervention needs to be simple and fool-proof. This isn't.

[dalton99a]

10. "I'm sorry your car is headed toward a cliff but I can't control your car"

[Wounded Bear]

11. Just a little glitch in the matrix...

[debm55]

12. I'll use it when all the bugs have been taken out of the system.

[tanyev]

13. Oh, hell no.

[AllaN01Bear]

15. what can go worng, go wrong, go wrong. rinse and repeat.