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KayLeadfoot@KayLeadfoot@fedia.io

Tesla Robotaxi Mows Down Bollards & Keeps Driving, After “Impeccable” Record Touted on Stock Call

Take a look at this. A Tesla Robotaxi in Austin pauses, seems to reconsider a right-hand turn through some bollards, and then decides: "I’m just gonna send it."

fuelarc.com/cars/tesla-robotaxi-mows-down-bollards-keeps-driving-shortly-after-stock-call-touts-impeccable-safety-record/
NotMyOldRedditName@NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world

Replying to @⁨northernlights@lemmy.today⁩

Jobs are always going to be replaced by new technology and falling back to omg the jobs, as a means to prevent technology from advancing isnt the right way to think about things.

Maybe you should move to NJ so someone can pump your gas for you, or only buy from farms that hand pick everything.

Ive been in so many taxis driven by humans and feared for my saftey. People have been assaulted by drivers. The AVs can see all around them and will ultimately be definitively safer than a human can ever be. People are terrible drivers as seen by the immense death (1.16 million people in 2025) and destruction we cause behind the wheel.

Does anyone actually have the perfect AV right now? No. But they will figure it out.

Edit: clarity, but also dont forget taxi drivers who scam people by taking longer routes, ive also had my share of having to call them out at times when they think im a tourist.

Edited ⁨⁨Aug⁩ ⁨17⁩, ⁨2026⁩, ⁨21:39⁩⁩en
modem_down@modem_down@thebrainbin.org

Replying to an earlier post

So-called “ride-share” companies scam people on a bigger scale than individual cabbies ever could. Uber had a whole team devoted to avoiding legal scrutiny.

Robotaxi companies will most likely be just as shady, since they’re backed by the same investors.

As for NJ gas, that’s a false equivalence. A better analogy would be that NJ gas stations are like having a chauffeur, everywhere else is like doing your own driving.

NotMyOldRedditName@NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
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Replying to @⁨modem_down@thebrainbin.org⁩

Definitely no part about protecting jobs, definitely none.

State Sen. Joe Vitale, D-Middlesex, said he’s against this bill because the industry would “eliminate jobs for no other reason than to save a few bucks” and full-service gas would become more expensive.

web.archive.org/…/njs-new-pump-your-own-gas-bill-…

As a coalition of organized labor, immigrant rights, and disability community advocates, we are coming together to oppose these proposed changes to New Jersey’s unique fueling rules because it will eliminate gas station attendant jobs that working families of diverse backgrounds depend on. While few to none of these workers are unionized, the New Jersey State AFL-CIO seeks to protect all jobs throughout New Jersey. Additionally, eliminating these jobs would be painful for vulnerable populations such as people with disabilities, the elderly and people with children, who rely on attendants to help them gas up. This bill would hurt consumers and provide little in return.

njaflcio.org/corporate-greed-comes-to-your-local-…

Companies will always try to get the most money out of you sure, but if I hop in a Uber and it says it’s $20.00, it’s going to be $20.00. Is that $20 a rip off, quite possibly, but I know that upfront, unlike a random driver trying to scam me and I don’t know until the end.

njN.J.’s new pump-your-own-gas bill could be dead. Senate President Scutari says he opposes it.New Jersey is the last state in America with a statewide ban on self-serve gasoline.