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  • robotaxi stuck doing circles

    From Retrograde@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jan 8 03:31:04 2025
    From the «why is this shit on the roads» department:
    Title: 'I feel like I'm in the movies': malfunctioning robotaxi traps passenger in car – video
    Author:
    Date: Tue, 07 Jan 2025 00:12:09 +0000
    Link: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/video/2025/jan/07/i-feel-like-im-in-the-movies-malfunctioning-robotaxi-traps-passenger-in-car-video
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    LA tech entrepreneur Mike Johns nearly missed his flight after he became trapped in a malfunctioning self-driving car.'I got my seat belt on. I can’t get out of the car. Has this been hacked? What’s going on?' Johns can be heard
    saying. The issue was resolved after a few minutes, Waymo said in a statement. Johns ultimately managed to catch his flight from Arizona to southern California, which he said was delayed

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    LA tech entrepreneur nearly misses flight after getting trapped in robotaxi[1]

    Continue reading...[2]

    Links:
    [1]: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/06/man-trapped-waymo-los-angeles (link)
    [2]: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/video/2025/jan/07/i-feel-like-im-in-the-movies-malfunctioning-robotaxi-traps-passenger-in-car-video (link)

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