Posted on 04/06/2026 2:55:22 PM PDT by fruser1
A self-driving car struck and killed a beloved duck near a park in Texas, furious residents say.
One witness wrote in a local Facebook group that they watched an Avride vehicle drive over the aquatic bird as it rested near Mueller Lake Park in Austin earlier this week, KXAN reported.
'I saw an Avride self-driving car, with a person in the driver's seat not touching the wheel, run over and kill a duck near the park,' the witness wrote.
'It didn't slow down or hesitate at all, just steamrolled right through, and the person inside did not stop to see what happened, just kept on driving.'
A beloved duck (pictured) was allegedly hit and killed by a self-driving car in Austin, Texas
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Sorry but that is an ugly duck(ling)....
If the cars stopped for everything that blew across the road, it would bever get anywhere.
I do feel for the duck, but do they want this “self driving” stuff, or not?
(I am old school.. prefer I drive myself.)
Sorry for typos :^D
“Self-driving car ‘steamrolls’ over beloved local duck as furious locals call for robotaxis to be banned”. An unusual story.
Don’t Mess With Texas Ducks!
The duck was ‘beloved’?
What was his name, then?
Donald, Bill, Webster, Dr.Quack?
Is it manslaughter or duckslaughter?
But,the duck should have been smart enough to get out of the way, especially when the driver was not driving the self-driving car. The self-driving cars will need updates to recognize ducks and birds and turtles and lizards, and perhaps even dogs and cats and kids and elderly slow-walking people; maybe even the blind.
The duck didn’t DUCK!
When a car drove past the farmstead and hit a chicken, we all knew what was for supper.
I thought we had a deal with them!
Hmm. Was it a migratory waterfowl? And did the car have a duck stamp? If not, the fine in Texas can be up to $4000 and the seizure of the equipment used.
Texas Game and Fish should look into whether they can seize the car.
Texas Game and Fish should look into whether they can seize the car.
Make those foreigners pay.
There’s already been a case of a self driving car murdering someone’s cat.
steam•roll•er (ˈstimˌroʊ lər)
n.
1. a heavy steam-powered vehicle having a roller for crushing, compacting, or leveling materials used for a road or the like.
2. (not in technical use) any similar vehicle with a roller.
3. an overpowering force, esp. a ruthless one.
v.t.
4. to crush or flatten with a steamroller.
5. to overcome with superior force.
6. to bring about the adoption of by overwhelming pressure: to steamroller the resolution through.
v.i.
7. to proceed with implacable force.
adj.
8. ruthlessly overpowering.
instant pressed duck - a gourmet Chinese specialty
‘I saw an Avride self-driving car, with a person in the driver’s seat not touching the wheel, run over and kill a duck near the park,’ the witness wrote.
Do robotaxis know where all the best whore houses and strip bars are? Asking for a friend.
Ruptured?
Vhy a duck, vhya no chicken???
Steamroller, like the Russian were expected to steamroll over Ukraine. Then, Ukraine got in the way and broke the Russian steamroller.
Clearly, self driving cars don’t like animals!
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