From: super70s@super70s.invalid   
      
   On 2026-02-03 18:53:04 +0000, BTR1701 said:   
      
   > On Feb 3, 2026 at 7:36:42 AM PST, "shawn"    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Tue, 3 Feb 2026 04:38:08 -0700, anim8rfsk    
   >> wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> shawn  wrote:   
   >>>> On Tue, 3 Feb 2026 00:34:12 -0700, anim8rfsk    
   >>>> wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> BTR1701  wrote:   
   >>>>>> On Feb 2, 2026 at 7:18:38 PM PST, "danny burstein"    
   wrote:   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> apologies for this descent into kkkkkray-kkkkray, but I haven't   
   >>>>>>> found a single other source for this claim.  Given a bunch   
   >>>>>>> of people here live and breath searching (and rambling..)   
   >>>>>>> about this stuff, I figured I'd ask.  Please be gentle.   
   >>>>>>> =============   
   >>>>>>> I haven't seen a single word about this in either reality   
   >>>>>>> based, or tangentially attached kookery, but wondering if   
   >>>>>>> it's way, way, out there:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> In an article about Tesla getting initial approval of   
   >>>>>>> running "autonomous" taxi type vehicles in Israel (with,   
   >>>>>>> for now, a saftey driver) [a], a reader commented:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> "Don't forget that in LA fake prepaid credit-card accounts recently   
   hired   
   >>>>>>> Waymo   
   >>>>>>> self driving taxis to drive passengerless loaded fully with explosive   
   >>>>>>> incendiary devices to protest sites.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> "hmmmmm.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> "Do not allow until some form of infrared heat detection of a live   
   human   
   >>>>>>> inside."   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> How would that work? Requiring a live human in the car would basically   
   put   
   >>>>>> Waymo out of business. The whole point is that these are driverless,   
   >>>>>> autonomous cars. Sure, when they're delivering someone to their   
   destination,   
   >>>>>> there will be a human inside, but after drop-off and before it picks up   
   the   
   >>>>>> next passenger it will be empty. How does it get to the next rider if it   
   >>>>>> can't   
   >>>>>> drive without a human inside?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> I’ve never seen a Waymo that didn’t have a person behind the wheel.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Really? All the videos I've seen on Youtube show a driverless vehicle.   
   >>>> Only human available is from their dispatch over a voice line. Though   
   >>>> I suppose some areas may require a person in the driver's seat.   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> Yeah, they don’t do anything, they just sit there and read a book or a   
   >>> magazine.   
   >>   
   >> Looked it up on Google and the rule is anyone can sit in the driver's   
   >> seat but they can't drive. If they try to drive the vehicle will pull   
   >> over to the side of the road and end the ride. So you could see people   
   >> behind the wheel but, as you saw, they won't be doing any driving.   
   >>   
   >> I could see if I was using a Waymo vehicle I would want to be in the   
   >> driver's seat if only because it feels more comfortable to me than say   
   >> being in the back seat. Being in the back seat always makes me   
   >> vulnerable to motion sickness that I don't get when driving.   
   >   
   > The problem with using Waymos in a low-trust society like you find in most   
   > blue cities is that the thugs know the things are programmed to stop for   
   > people in the roadway and not do anything that might risk hitting or injury   
   > them.   
      
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   it in red and blue.   
      
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