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Re:Waymo One is now open to everyone in San Francisco by fragmede on Tuesday June 25, 2024 @06:32PM (#40794449)
That's a loaded question, but sure, let's go there. The problem with public transportation is that the public is allowed to use them, and the rules, legal and social, are not well defined or enforced. Assaulting other passengers is generally tolerated by the system, depending on the type of assault. Physical assault is considered too far and doesn't go unnoticed, but chemical and audio assault on fellow passengers usually goes unreported. The types of people are those who would assault others on some fashion.

Whether this translates to Waymos smelling like meth or fentanyl when you get in them thanks to the previous rider remains to be seen. Or just needles, foil, or used condoms left behind. They record video, so Google could close the person's account so they won't be able to book Waymos with that account again, so we'll end up having to see how hard it is to create new accounts to use Waymo on to ban nuisance riders.

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Re:Waymo One is now open to everyone in San Francisco by dventimi on Tuesday June 25, 2024 @07:32PM (#40794900)
> That's a loaded question

It's not a loaded question to ask what a person means when they introduce a term.

> The types of people are those who would assault others on some fashion.

That's a tautology. Nobody knows if a person fits the type of person who would assault someone, until after they've gone and assaulted someone.

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Re:Waymo One is now open to everyone in San Francisco by wdh505 on Wednesday June 26, 2024 @02:50AM (#40797090)
Breaking news, google introduces social credit system that "only applies to waymo and think of the childen". More at 9

/s

I agree with your point about the approach to the argument, but I think google has enough info to make a way to vet passengers by identifying if you are likely to trash a vehicle.

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Re:Waymo One is now open to everyone in San Francisco by Zenzero on Tuesday June 25, 2024 @09:06PM (#40795436)
> Waymos smelling like meth or fentanyl

Granted in my work I've never made the attempt to smell fentanyl, but it isn't one with a reputation of having an odor. I assume you mean the smell of recreational users of fentanyl.

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