Post by @rationaldoge@hachyderm.io

As we say around here, "That's interesting." ---

Minneapolis may require driverless vehicles to have someone in the driver’s seat
By Deena Winter
The Minnesota Star Tribune

'Council members say the rules, which also require all autonomous vehicle companies to be licensed with the city, would be groundbreaking nationally. The “safety monitor” would need to have a driver’s license and “immediate access to controls for steering, braking, and acceleration.”

'Last year, Waymo officials announced plans to move into the Minneapolis market and in November began testing the company’s signature white Jaguar I-Pace SUVs and Zeekr RT vehicles on the streets. The arrival of the driverless ride-hailing company’s white vehicles alarmed the ride-share community and a number of council members have been vocal about wanting to stop Waymo from bringing its fleet of autonomous electric vehicles to the city.'
https://www.startribune.com/minneapolis-autonomous-vehicle-regulations-waymo/601887254?utm_source=gift

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Bruce MacDonald

@rationaldoge@hachyderm.io 1 hr. ago

Here's a Waymo we spotted in the neighborhood last spring. Minneapolis looks much better once the leaves have emerged on the trees.

I see these vehicles running around town from time to time and I ask myself, What's the point?

Interesting programming challenge, though.

A small white car festooned with electronic sensors on the front corners and the roof crosses an intersection in a neighborhood of south Minneapolis last spring before the leaves have emerged on the trees. The scenery looks a little bleak, to be honest. An old-school gas station is seen in the background.

Lauren Weinstein

@lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org 60 min. ago

@rationaldoge The point is Billionaire CEOs who care not one nit about how many people they put out of work or how many are starving. This has all become tech toys for them, enabled by going full-MAGA up there on the platform with Trump. Smiling all the way. Robotaxis, AI, all ways to try gain control over people's lives in ways they will find difficult to avoid or escape.