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Man trapped inside driverless car as it spins in circles (www.bbc.com)
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Mike Johns boarded a driverless Waymo taxi to an airport in Scottsdale, Arizona, but it began spinning in circles in a parking lot.

He filmed the moment he was trapped in the vehicle, unable to stop the car or get help.

Johns said he almost missed his flight.

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[-] billwashere@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I don’t think he was a complete Karen and he brought up several good points. If Elon can remotely unlock a Tesla, then support should be about to abort the ride and stop the car. Problem is this was likely tier 1 support which is just customer issues like billing and what not. He needed like a tier 3 engineer at least. They sure as shit didn’t need him to do something on his phone.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago

And how do we know his first move wasn’t to try using the app to get the car to stop?

[-] billwashere@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

That’s a very good point.

this post was submitted on 08 Jan 2025
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