Waymo is asking DoorDash drivers to shut the doors of its self-driving cars

[miohtama]

Sounds like something that engineers can solve near them and good findings of field testing.

[avree]

The only way a door gets left open is if someone orders a ride and leaves it open. That person is charged a fee, which pays for the Doordash person - which is cheaper than installing motors/automatic doors in every ride. And, there's good availability of Doordash (or Uber Eats, etc.) drivers in every market Waymo is in right now.

Seems like a pretty good solution, honestly.

[hulitu]

It is already solved. But motors are expensive and the safety software also.

[BugsJustFindMe]

They could solve this in software by accelerating backwards and then hitting the brake.

[vrighter]

or just do a burnout forward.