Comment on ♫♪♫♪ The Day My Waymo Said Goodbye ♫♪♫♪
Gork@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Car companies can already remotely disable vehicle functionality if payments aren’t made on time (disabling heated seats comes to mind). It isn’t beyond the realm of possibility for a self driving truck to repossess itself to the nearest facility.
This is an absolutely bonkers idea though. What if there is a child inside when the vehicle decides to repo itself?
notabot@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Ford has already patented the concept of a car repossesing itself if you fall behind on payments.
registrert@lemmy.sambands.net 10 months ago
If my car drives away without me, it’s not repossessed. It’s just straight up demonically possessed.
notabot@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Thanks, that made me laugh enough to wake the cat. :)
EatYouWell@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I think that’s a fair feature, though. Much less risky than having a repo guy deal with a pissed off human.
notabot@lemm.ee 10 months ago
I can see certain benefits, but as the parent poster mentions, what happens if there’s a child on the car, or, indeed, you’ve left something else important in it when it drives off. Surely it’s better for it just not to start, and keep a human in the loop for returning it.
flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
…nah! That’d delay us repurposing it for more $$profit$$
EatYouWell@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I’d imagine that truly self driving cars will have occupancy sensors in them (they only cost a few dollars), and that you could collect your belongings from the dealer.
It’s not like the system is just going to randomly drive off without any warning, likely for the reasons you stated.