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Mike Johns boarded a driverless Waymo taxi to an airport in Scottsdale, Arizona, but it began spinning in circles in a parking lot.

He filmed the moment he was trapped in the vehicle, unable to stop the car or get help.

Johns said he almost missed his flight.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

you spin me right round baby right round...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, that's the time I start jumping over the seat to pull a brake or something. Needs to be a hardware kill switch in the passenger reach here, no calling in or hoping some app works.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Does it have a brake petal? If so I'd imagine that it would still function, even in FSD. You may still be stuck inside the car if the doors won't unlock until the trip is over.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

So where's the big red button called, "emergency stop"?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It sounds like the tech support agent was trying to get him to do just that on his phone... But I haven't used Waymo before, so I'm not certain about that.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (3 children)

emergency stop do just that on his phone...

Bruh

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (11 children)

That guy is a fucking Karen. Does it suck the car is doing that, sure. But you don't have to be a complete tool to the customer service representative who has nothing to do with what's happening right now.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Has it been hacked? Jesus, no! That would’ve been way worse. It’s a parking lot so probably the car can’t find its exit.

What bothers me is that the woman in the other end doesn’t have the option to control the car herself. That would’ve been the very first thing to do.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 1 day ago

Like 30 seconds into the phone call she flat out says they're taking control remotely.

He just keeps talking nonsense to try and make it take longer for the video. Probably wasn't even going to the airport lol.

Dude's whole job is this stupid shit and convincing people he's a big enough deal they should pay him to talk to them

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Barely made it thru the video, the guy was so annoying I had to look him up:

https://mikejohns.ceo/

Like, yeah it would suck, but it had probably been happening for 2 minutes and he wants them to pay for his flight already.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago

That site says CEO and based on his entitlement, it seems safe to say he is.

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