> which was not in driverless mode and had a real person operating the vehicle
instantly became uninteresting.
Waymo car swarmed by skaters in San Francisco 'hill bomb'
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Re: Waymo car swarmed by skaters in San Francisco 'hill bomb'
#112Earlier quoted context omitted.
When car tech gets good enough to avoid almost all incidents with people, something drastic is going to happen. Naturally everyone will just step out on the road causing the cars to stop. So either driving through a city will become a situation you avoid if at all possible, or governments install fences and barriers everywhere and make walking without right of way a serious crime.
Cars without advanced automatic collision avoidance systems are going to be on the road for decades to come.
You’ll be able to see if it’s a new car before you step out. The old cars will all get cleared out when they slam in to the back of new cars.
Re: Waymo car swarmed by skaters in San Francisco 'hill bomb'
#113Earlier quoted context omitted.
What if cities were built around public transit? Like trains? Or what about small trains that seat 4 people, and can go along many aboveground tracks?
Sounds like a fantastic idea for a developing country that has a windfall of money. Hard to realize when the city is already built.
Keep in mind that Amsterdam was quite heavily car-centric and becoming more so until fairly recently. Actions like "stop de kindermoord"[0][1] turned the tide and the city into the cycling and public-transit friendly place it is now.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycling_in_the_Netherlands#His... [1] https://i.imgur.com/uUa6CDl.jpg
Re: Waymo car swarmed by skaters in San Francisco 'hill bomb'
#114Earlier quoted context omitted.
I doubt the OP is joking. I left the Bay exactly for reasons like this, I don't want to become collateral damage due to factors outside of my control that are well documented and happening way too often for my liking. Even a few years later, it still surprises me that people in the Bay normalize this type of activity but I guess Stockholm syndrome is strong in the average person.
> Even a few years later, it still surprises me that people in the Bay normalize this type of activity but I guess Stockholm syndrome is strong in the average person. California born and raised: California was never safe since it's inception as it was always the most renown frontier in the US; it's just where fortunes could be made in a person's lifetime. If you are honest with yourself you also came for the money/ti…
> "I really have no desire of going back until There are quite a lot of personal attacks and assumptions in your post so I'm just going to ignore them.
I came from a very safe metro area in Canada and had no notion of elitism as you so randomly assumed about me. When I moved, Canada was a lot more balanced and there was not a large income/wealth gap as it currently exists in the US.
I had no rose colored glasses or impression that because I was "sharing a zip code with billionaires" I would be safe. I took every day as it came and discovered that just existing and living near downtown felt unsafe for me and my family.
The most powerful force around discussions of safety and lifestyle is comparison. When you see multiple places with your own eyes and body, it's a lot easier to compare and you get a sense of what feels right or wrong, for you.
Your entire response is very strange, it might be helpful to reflect where your perceptions, biases and opinions around wealth come from because you threw a small net and ended up empty handed.