From: atropos@mac.com   
      
   On Feb 3, 2026 at 6:27:12 PM PST, "super70s"    
   wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
   >   
   > Most people see the world in black, white and shades of gray, you see   
   > it in red and blue.   
      
   It's called pattern recognition. You might give it a try sometime.   
      
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