Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoCalifornia police stumped after trying to ticket driverless car for illegal U-turnwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square121linkfedilinkarrow-up1610arrow-down15cross-posted to: offbeat@lemmy.ca
arrow-up1605arrow-down1external-linkCalifornia police stumped after trying to ticket driverless car for illegal U-turnwww.theguardian.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square121linkfedilinkcross-posted to: offbeat@lemmy.ca
minus-squareIphtashuFitz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-22 months agoI think you can stop robotaxis by just putting a traffic cone on its hood.
minus-squaredouglasg14b@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoYeah but that’s easy to take off. The least you could do is epoxy it to the hood of the clanker.
minus-squareFedizen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoWouldn’t spray painting the sensors be easier and more effective?
minus-squaredouglasg14b@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-22 months agoNot necessarily. You’d be surprised how many sensors and cameras have coatings on them which prevents spray paints from sticking (before it dries it just slides off)
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoOh in that case we should just boot it and call it a day.
Boot it
I think you can stop robotaxis by just putting a traffic cone on its hood.
Yeah but that’s easy to take off. The least you could do is epoxy it to the hood of the clanker.
Wouldn’t spray painting the sensors be easier and more effective?
Not necessarily. You’d be surprised how many sensors and cameras have coatings on them which prevents spray paints from sticking (before it dries it just slides off)
Oh in that case we should just boot it and call it a day.