[hilbertseries]

Taxis have basically no recourse if you just ditch. Waymo has a video of you, your full name, your billing address and your credit card on file.

[bamboozled]

Waymo has a video of you, your full name, your billing address and your credit card on file.

The future is awesome

[ModernMech]

So do hotels, I guess that’s why no hotel room has ever been trashed.

[x-complexity]

> So do hotels, I guess that’s why no hotel room has ever been trashed.

The point is when there's damage, it can be billed to the malicious actor in question.

[Anotheroneagain]

I guess that's why no hotel lets you pay cash.

[immibis]

Some taxis have that too. Where does it get them?

[x-complexity]

> Some taxis have that too. Where does it get them?

The keyword there being "some". If an account is tied to the person, recourse for negligent/malicious behavior can be applied, but that only works if there's an account to add the penalty to.

On Waymo's part, requiring an account to use the service would be in the benefit of the service as a whole.