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rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• lettruthout@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I was going to suggest charging the company an exorbitant fee for each incident but your idea is better.

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  • rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    win-win, tow companies fill their lots with waymo, people from waymo need to come get the car, pay hundreds in cash (because all those places are cash only) there’s no room in the lot for normal tows.

    The passengers should get free rides for a year.

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• Janx@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  That’s costs money. Whereas we, as taxpayers, pay for emergency services…

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  • rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    ohh no no. When Police call a tow truck, the tow company comes, takes the vehicle off to a lot and the owner has to come to collect it, generally with cash.

    I’m not saying just do it maliciously, but if they’re asked to drive the car off, they should just block it and call a tow company.

    Waymo pays for that toe and an outlandish amount of daily fees until they pick it up.

    To them, it’s no big deal, a few hundred dollars.

    but compound that with the car being out of service for a few days. hiring someone, or flying someone in to unlock it… easy peasy

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• devolution@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  A robotow.

  I’ll see myself out.

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  • Trex202@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Thank you very much, Mr. Robotow

    I’ll follow you out

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  • Tronn4@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Thank you very much Mr. ROBOTOW

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  • rumba@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I love it, but it’s all fun and games until someone makes a self driving towtruck.

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