[whyleyc]

The video is wild - Waymo support apparently struggles to remotely control the car.

[blibble]

these things need to have a giant E-STOP button accessible to the passengers

otherwise they should simply be banned

[lyime]

Absolutely not. While that might sound like a safety feature it can also be extremely unsafe.

Imagine letting a passenger in a car use the e-brake at any time.

It's a tricky problem.

[fragmede]

they tried that. in an emergency they just stopped. the problem was they were stopping in the middle traffic and in the middle of intersections, so it's now an pull over button. or just open the door.

[moralestapia]

I expressed this exact same concern a couple months ago (and was downvoted, a common theme w/ Google fanbois nowadays):

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42117343

From @simonw back then,

>Yes, there's a "pullover now" button on the dashboard at all times.

Well, doesn't seem to be the case here.

[likeabatterycar]

Realistically, how much can she do from a cubicle in the Philippines?

Maybe driverless cars should have remained a relic of 80s Schwarzenegger movies.

[spuz]

I guess the only option they have is "pull over" which in this case just caused the car to continue circling looking for a safe place to pull over. If they had an actual kill switch, we'd probably be watching another video of some guy on a call to waymo support while stuck in the middle of a highway.

[likeabatterycar]

> If they had an actual kill switch

I'm unfamiliar - we have these in train cars, did the architects behind driverless techshit not think it was necessary?