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tjoff 3 hours ago

I kind of assumed the car would be locked (from the outside)?

Like most regular cars have the option to.

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postalrat 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Do you think sitting inside you will be protected if someone has a gun?

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smlacy 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

So you're implying that someone in a locked Waymo was assaulted at gunpoint from outside the vehicle? These are rolling surveillance machines (in a good way?) and virtually every aspect of this would be caught on probably a dozen cameras. I'd be surprised if this hypothetical scenario has ever happened, and if it has, I'd love to see the evidence.

	▲	lokar 36 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I think people vastly overestimate the extent to which would be criminals think ahead to the likelihood of being caught and the severity of the punishment.
	▲	freediddy an hour ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		You mean like this? https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/technology/trapped-inside...
	▲	vamos_davai 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		Cameras aren't going to stop a crime in progress.
	▲	ethbr1 an hour ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		> virtually every aspect of this would be caught on probably a dozen cameras If only there were a widely available technology to conceal ones face...
	▲	BoorishBears 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		You're laying on enough qualifiers that even a recent robbery of a Waymo is precluded, because (if we really want to victim blame) their window was down which is asking for it. But overall, not sure why the tone of these replies: then Venn diagram of "wants to rob people" and "cares Google's AV will record it" doesn't include as much overlap as you're implying. A Waymo has even been used as a getaway vehicle a few times now, once even successfully

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nradov 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Obviously the Waymo Premier service should also include a nice handgun with the car.