Posted on 11/17/2022 10:33:22 AM PST by DUMBGRUNT
DRIVERLESS taxi service Cruise has expanded its San Francisco operational times to daytime hours.
This 24-hour availability will be offered to the organization’s employees before expanding to the public.
Public San Francisco Cruise customers can currently order Cruise’s transport service from 10:00pm to 5:00am.
There are now around 70 active Cruise vehicles in San Francisco, TechCrunch reports.
Cruise San Francisco fares require a $5 base fee and $0.90 per mile, plus $0.40 per minute rates.
Cruise began charging its passengers fares in June and expanded into most of the San Francisco are
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Perhaps an ejection seat to prevent bums from moving in for the night?
Would Zyklon B in the cabin be going too far?
It’s not a real cab unless the computer driver calls me “Mack” while telling me about his financial struggles with his wife and kids. LOL
10PM - 5AM - that will be a death trap during those hours for violent criminals.
The day they try this crap in NYC or Chicago every one of the new vehicles will end up in the river.
Beat me to it.
“Heckuva day!”
Will they drive by some prospective passengers? Refuse to go the wrong side of town?
No cash on board.
Nothing can go wrong.
Can go wrong.
Can go wrong.
And it will most definitely not go wrong after it drives you to the worst part of town.
Just another reason to avoid ever setting foot in San Francisco.
Who will the ferals rob and assault if there are no drivers???
The passengers, of course, you silly boy!
Darn, can’t remember what movie that came from.
No matter where you WANT to go, a driverless taxi will take you where the borg chooses to take you.
Any passenger foolish enough to use this service must carry a taser to electrically and electronically disable the vehicle if needed. Also, it will be a good idea to carry a glass breaker device just in case.
A driverless taxi that cannot be disabled could drive you a hundred miles in circles to get to the airport. The charge for such a fraudulently long trip would be automatically charged to your credit card.
Will the doors have the inside door handles removed and automatic door locks the passenger cannot unlock?
Absolutely knew that was coming!
Total Recall
how long before people do their business in one? I mean they already crap on the sidewalks.
Sounds like it would be safer and cheaper to buy your own car.
The long term goal is to get peons out of personal transportation and move them to mass transit, etc.
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