Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoDoorDashers are getting paid to close Waymo's self-driving car doorswww.engadget.comexternal-linkmessage-square108fedilinkarrow-up1442arrow-down11
arrow-up1441arrow-down1external-linkDoorDashers are getting paid to close Waymo's self-driving car doorswww.engadget.comLudicrous0251@piefed.zip to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square108fedilink
minus-squareLastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·1 month agoIf you leave it all the way open, the car just needs to drive a couple feet with decent acceleration to close it. If you ALMOST close it, but not all the way, that would require some sort of intervention.
minus-squaretyler@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoNah, you just speed up then slam on the brakes to open it, then you can close it as you said.
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 month agoThe door can latch but not be completely closed.
minus-squaretyler@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoWell then you can drive just fine like that.
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoBut the sensor says the door is still open, so the computer won’t.
If you leave it all the way open, the car just needs to drive a couple feet with decent acceleration to close it.
If you ALMOST close it, but not all the way, that would require some sort of intervention.
Nah, you just speed up then slam on the brakes to open it, then you can close it as you said.
The door can latch but not be completely closed.
Well then you can drive just fine like that.
But the sensor says the door is still open, so the computer won’t.