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Man trapped inside driverless car as it spins in circles (www.bbc.com)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 49 points 23 hours ago (11 children)

"Spins in circles" makes it sound like the car was drifting, when it was just doing laps around the inside of a parking lot. Also, this guy starts talking about them "taking care" of his flight when this has been happening for what, 5 minutes? I get that it's annoying, but if 5 minutes circling a parking lot would have made him miss his flight, he'd also have missed it if there was even a hint of bad traffic. He also doesn't even allow the customer service person to help him.

Also, the screen in the car has a "pull over" button on it. I guess he missed that? Or, maybe he hit it and it was stuck in a loop trying to find a safe place to pull over? It seems to me that a software button on a touch screen isn't good enough though. They should have a physical big red button that a passenger can't miss and can hit if something is going wrong. But, that's just me.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 hours ago

To be fair, he couldn't have used the app since he was recording the incident for social media clout. So much more important.

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