Several of Waymo’s autonomous vehicles were seen stuck in the middle of San Francisco streets following a significant power outage that took out the city’s traffic lights. Waymo responded to the power outage by suspending its ride-hailing services in the city, but images and videos on social media showed the self-driving taxis stopped at intersections with hazard lights on.
“We have temporarily suspended our ride-hailing services in the San Francisco Bay Area due to the widespread power outage,” Suzanne Philion, a spokesperson for Waymo, told Engadget in an email. “Our teams are working diligently and in close coordination with city officials, and we are hopeful to bring our services back online soon.”
I’m not arguing any of that. Giving police access to a car override would open up horrible abuse of power but that wasn’t your argument. Your argument was that people would hack it to kill people.
I’m saying that it’s much easier to kill someone by just driving over them with your car and claiming it’s an accident. It happens every day and people walk away without any repercussions. No hacking necessary.