Yesterday I was driving in Scottsdale when one of these grocery delivery vehicles pulled up beside me. They are called "Nuro" and look like a tall VW Bug with two doors on the side to load and unload. No driver.

Anybody else have these things roaming around in their neighborhoods?

No.. lots of golfcars tho... 😟

You already have 5G there? I thought it was necessary for the next gen self drivers.

Didn't Uber try this and kill someone already? Not a fan of driverless cars. Plus how are the police departments and insurance companies going to make money off DUIs?

+1

Also fairly opposed to most the driver assist tech currently on new vehicles. Anything that allows the driver to become more comfortable not paying attention is not the best idea

And it opens the door for Skynet and the rise of the machines

There are a lot of test autonomous vehicles floating around here.

Some have drivers present in case.

Mostly they're irritating because they get extra cautious with drivers and pedestrians.

So, when does some terrorist group pack one of these full of explosives and program it to drive right into their target?

David

Meh. That seems like a lot of work when they can go low tech and get a volunteer and a cheap car.

Unless it's a really non-committed terrorist group that's not willing to sacrifice. I suppose that might occur.

prolly those antifas dudes... 😟

Yeah... Likely. Or a counter protester who wants to drive his car into an anti Confederate statue protest but doesn't want to get his hands dirty....

I can guarantee you one thing. Regardless of politics... It's going to be a white male. That's almost a certainty.

But then wouldn't the autonomous vehicle end up getting all the virgins? 🤔

...ok... That was funny

You BOTL's are a witty bunch! Opel is slaying it!!!

witty?
you're half right.

We're tty?

I guess so, yeah.

so if you're drunk and have an open container while riding in one of these vehicles, and it crashes into someone...

You win Yahtzee?

forget where, but recently a guy was arrested, he was inebriated and sleeping behind the wheel...or some similar violation.

Cops pulled a car in front of his and slowed down gradually until stopped.

After the dust settled it was found that the person who was in the car and was supposed to be monitoring everything was looking down and texting when the accident happened. Video feed showed this clearly.

This is a pilot test delivery vehicle but has NO human on board. So far only allowed in one zip code from one grocery company. The person getting a delivery has a code to unlock the hatch and take the groceries. Not sure how long it will be before one of these is hijacked.