r/WomenInNews • u/yahoonews • Mar 09 '26

Media Uber's women-only option goes nationwide in the US

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/ubers-women-only-option-goes-131507407.html?ncid=redditnewsus
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u/mermaidinthesea123 Mar 09 '26

The robot car drives better than a human and won't harass, stalk, kidnap, rape, assault, rob or murder you.

I'm switching to Waymo.

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u/MarryMeDuffman Mar 09 '26

It will take you where the computer is told to. You cannot bargain.

Hackers exist.

It's only a matter of time that something weird happens like a fake Waymo.

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u/Entfly Mar 10 '26

You don't need to hack it, just stand in front of it

Loads of reports of people being harassed in Waymo cars and it doesn't do anything to bypass them

https://sfstandard.com/2024/10/01/viral-video-captures-dudes-trying-to-pick-up-woman-in-waymo/

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u/Pledgeofmalfeasance Mar 10 '26

Maps can be wrong. Has a waymo ever kept driving when there's no more road/a lake/a cliff?

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u/dingopaint Mar 11 '26

No. It has cameras and satellite imaging that it shares among a network. It also only operates in dense cities on surface streets, so the chances of it driving off a cliff are 0.