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Self-Driving Taxis Could Have a Vomit Problem
source content cannot be posted due to copyright issues | 13 July 2017

Posted on 07/14/2017 1:10:08 PM PDT by Lorianne

see link in post below .... interesting article


TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: technology

1 posted on 07/14/2017 1:10:08 PM PDT by Lorianne
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To: Lorianne

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-07-13/robotaxis-vomit-problem-there-s-no-one-to-clean-up-the-mess


2 posted on 07/14/2017 1:16:32 PM PDT by Lorianne (NO)
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To: Lorianne

OK Millenials, get busy: vomit robots


3 posted on 07/14/2017 1:17:12 PM PDT by jobim
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To: Lorianne

Self driving taxi’s equals a problem created for no good reason.


4 posted on 07/14/2017 1:26:40 PM PDT by Bullish (May as well just rename Hollywood---> Hypocrite city)
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To: Lorianne

It won’t be anymore of a problem than it is now.


5 posted on 07/14/2017 1:28:22 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: Lorianne

Easy solution. All seats are ejection seats. Robot taxi senors detect you are about to vomit and you get get ejected skyward out of the robot taxis, like they had in Total Recall.


6 posted on 07/14/2017 1:31:17 PM PDT by dennisw (Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it is enemy action.)
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To: Lorianne

I think I’ll make my first million producing barf bag dispensers.


7 posted on 07/14/2017 1:31:38 PM PDT by Theophilous Meatyard III
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To: Lorianne
Vomit is just the start of the list. To do it right you need an indestructible and easily cleaned compartment. Something like this would be a good seat:


8 posted on 07/14/2017 1:34:40 PM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: jobim

Voombas!


9 posted on 07/14/2017 1:38:10 PM PDT by mewzilla (Was Obama surveilling John Roberts? Might explain a lot.)
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To: RightGeek

I would also worry about other liquids and solids


10 posted on 07/14/2017 1:40:49 PM PDT by kaktuskid (And)
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To: dennisw

I love that solution!
Also need a similar solution for people who create drama on an airplane.


11 posted on 07/14/2017 1:46:32 PM PDT by Lorianne (NO)
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To: Lorianne

What do they mean no one to clean up the mess? All those thousands of Muslim cab drivers will need something to do. Or maybe just deport them too.


12 posted on 07/14/2017 2:01:48 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: mewzilla

You of course mean Vroomba. :)


13 posted on 07/14/2017 2:03:45 PM PDT by Jhadur ("You will fall on one another like wolves.")
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To: Lorianne

It doesn’t make much money, but this is what keeps me from considering Uber driving just for amusement. My goal would be to only pick up nice, non-vomiting people from the airport.


14 posted on 07/14/2017 2:24:21 PM PDT by GnuThere
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To: Moonman62

Except there’s nobody in the taxi to clean it up. Drunk passenger barfs, exits taxi. Taxi merrily drive s itself to the next customer who opens the door and finds....

Big business opportunity for hard-shell car seat makers and automatic flood wash systems. You’ll need a 100 gallon water tank in the trunk. Or maybe the taxi takes itself to a designated robotic cleaning station. Auto hose-out like the drunk tank down at the station.


15 posted on 07/14/2017 4:37:38 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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