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Re:Retired professor arrested for blocking delivery robot. W... by adventure331 on Saturday October 31, 2026 @11:14AM (#50316908)
A group of people decided to put machines out there in the streets. Did we collectively decide this or is it just out there? Because at this point I don’t know anymore. Not only they put out there, there is legal enforcement surrounding it.

I can’t see this going well short term. Long term, maybe.

Re:Retired professor arrested for blocking delivery robot. W... by hardbass on Saturday October 31, 2026 @11:25AM (#50317026)
Should count legally as cars, if someone tries to follow it and block it, the operator could file a harassment or other suitable case.
Re:Retired professor arrested for blocking delivery robot. W... by helpful-guy on Saturday October 31, 2026 @11:47AM (#50317250)
Do you mean we should cherry-pick laws under which they are classified as cars? Or are you suggesting we should not allow delivery robots on sidewalks at all, as we do with cars?
Re:Retired professor arrested for blocking delivery robot. W... by hardbass on Saturday October 31, 2026 @11:54AM (#50317312)
If not cars, whatever suitable existing legislation or classification or if needed a new regulation to make this sensible. Millions of people benefit from fast delivery, so something has to be decided, either rules of interaction with pedestrians or new tracks for these robots or anything else.
Re:Retired professor arrested for blocking delivery robot. W... by nikanj on Saturday October 31, 2026 @11:24AM (#50317003)
90% of road space is given the cars. Where was the vote to put cars on the roads?
Re:Retired professor arrested for blocking delivery robot. W... by adventure331 on Saturday October 31, 2026 @11:30AM (#50317077)
I don’t know if there was one, I’m guessing there wasn’t.

But my point, as I also said in another related comment, is that I think we should vote more often, voting for people representing us is not enough. One size does not fit all.

Re:Retired professor arrested for blocking delivery robot. W... by hardbass on Saturday October 31, 2026 @11:56AM (#50317336)
Is your view that for any task not seen before we must first ask permission or legal clarification before doing it?