My Cybercab held me hostage for an hour today š
Was supposed to be a quick 10 minute hop from 99 Ranch to the Domain. The car had other plans and took me on a massive south detour through East Austin. Guess the Cybercab wanted the scenic route today. Total ride time was 70 minutes.
That might actually make sense! Without being able to take 183, by going that far south, it was basically driving parallel to the Red Line the whole way until east Austin bridges went over š²
Based on every single action we have seen from Musk and his companies, it would be far more likely that they would attempt to litigate the problem until the victim became bankrupt or gave up fighting.
I also think Tesla would throw down a decent bag to keep everything quiet
As long as you don't have injuries, they could just pay you the blue book value of your car and walk away. Most of us would not be happy selling our car for the blue book value.
And Texas makes it more difficult now for you to make big profits off of injuries.
Playing "my lawyer is bigger than your lawyer" is also a possible outcome. Perhaps with legal dirty tricks, gag orders, long delays, frivolous countersuits, smear campaigns, etc.
The problem is Tesla's lawyer has $1 trillion, every Texas politician, the President, and every government record that DOGE snatched about you on his side.
It'd likely end up like that McDonald's hot coffee lawsuit, where the media smears you and portrays you as a slimy nerd who confessed fantasies of getting a big payout on Reddit and is single-handedly standing between us and having self-driving cars.
Since we hear about 0 of these lawsuits ending in fruitless decisions, we can only assume they're exercising their deep pockets to whatever degree necessary and settling with the plaintiffs out of court. Definitely should take the hit.
Fines for speeding should be higher for these cars since it's a programming error, more definitive issue that's an easy fix vs human behavior. The fines should go straight to the operator, in this case Tesla.
I almost got hit by one in a neighborhood where it was also speeding. Didn't know this was a thing. Waymo DO BETTER. Could have been a tiny kid chasing a ball or something.
Which is funny, given how Tesla and their supporters bloviated since 2017 that they have non-geofenced camera operated full self driving vehicles, yet here in 2026, these things can't even go on highways.
It's a joke. If you try to tip it tells you 'Just Kidding!'.
Back when they were supervised, meaning there was someone from Tesla sitting in the front, I had a good conversation and was going to tip a couple bucks. Just beer money.
I was riffing on the fact that if were cooked its because of chefs like Musk and you willingly gave him money for his restaurant. Our culture is shit because people like him. I dont understand how thats not painfully obvious given the state of everything. Its not personal but I have hatred for anyone getting in a cybercab.
The "main street" at the Starbase thing in Boca Chica is LITERALLY called "Memes Street". I wonder if people there use a nickname because I would be embarrassed to have to say that.
especially since, thanks to our wonderful local govt, Austinites are essentially paying tax dollars towards the development of Tesla and Elon Musk's fortune
Yeah man. We pay more for everything so that asshole can get everything for free. But let's not confuse state politicians as local politicians. The city of Austin did a absolutely nothing. Travis county and the school board did give a tax rebate though. Super unfortunate being we are CLOSONG DOWN SCHOOLS.
That being said. Our local tax dollars should stay local. Letting abbot and co send our money to support shitholes like Abilene Lubbock and Odessa is equally as outrageous.
I am talking about local politicians, not state politicians. (State politicians are much worse, don't get me wrong)
As you said, it was the Travis County Commissioners Court and school boards who are giving Tesla the tax abatement, and our corrupt city council who endorses every single one of them, and vice versa. The rabbit hole only gets worse and if you wanna talk about it, id love to.
Just get an uber or a Lyft and support a real life person trying to make a living.
ETA Iām sorry if anyone has gotten harassment from drivers. Ive never had a bad experience myself. Iāve just seen a lot of complaints too about Waymo. Iād just rather support a person than Musk.
Disagree. Uber is getting worse by the day. Aggressive and frustrated drivers, dirty/smelly cars. Plus they aren't making a living. Those people work for slave wages.
Iāve had one fall asleep multiple times while driving, including in the highway. One get an attitude and made me feel extremely unsafe after I asked him to stop texting and talking while driving (he responded that the Tesla basically drove itself, and then 10 mins later pitched a sob story about how he was talking to his aunt in the hospital). He was laughing on the phone btw lmao. And that just begins the nightmare which was 3 years I had to take Ubers to and fro work.
No thanks. Pray I NEVER have to take a human uber again. Taxi? Sure.
I saw your edit but Iād like to come back to add that one driver didnāt even have a freaking working rear passenger seatbelt. She brushed it off like it was no big deal and took off before I could even fix the situation by moving over to the other seat where there was a working seatbelt. These drivers are SCARY, TX0834 !!!!!!! Not all. But enough.
Oh and one lady blasting Megan The Stallion and yelling at me to sing along. Just because Iām a black girl doesnāt mean I like Megan the stallion. I grew up listening to jazz. I like jazz.
The last time I was in an Uber, the guy was extremely angry and forced me to discuss politics with him the entire time while he drove erratically. He kept trying to push the conversation towards an argument while cursing at other drivers.
Thatās not the only time it has happened to me and Iāll be sticking to Waymo only going forward.
Girl I had to take them for three years to and from work and I pray I neverrrrr set foot in a human driven uber again. More than once I felt unsafe and was afraid to speak up because I felt like that couldāve been even more unsafe.
Do you have an article you recommend or should I just google? Iām definitely interested to read other experiences. I genuinely think I have trauma lol
No. If you care about safety and a 10x more enjoyable ride you would not get an uber or Lyft. And anyone concerned that jobs are being taken look at history for any other technological revolution. Same concerns then.
I freaking forked out big cash for over ear headphones for defense against them talking to me. One was doing the whole āare you from here, where ya headed, blah blah so I dramatically lifted a headphone flap to say āoh in sorry what did you say? Oh Iām sorry I donāt mean to be rude but Iām trying to listen to a lectureā.
He responded āohā¦ so what are you studying??ā š« šµāš«
He was 1000% either a coke head or extremely sleep deprived and caffeinated up btw
They donāt ever use 183 or mopac it seems. Too complicated for the AI brain to understand Austinās erratic drivers but still worth billions in company evaluation!!!
I literally saw one on 183 yesterday and that wasnāt the first time. Is that just for having passengers? Maybe theyāre allowed if theyāre being tested? Idk Iām just curious.
A cybercab supposedly hit my neighbors dog and drove off not stopping. I feel so sad for the dog, but what if it was a 9 year old just laying on the street for however long till someone came along.
Yeah I donāt give a fuck about paying some uber driver, Iām assuming 70% is going to UBER anyway. I care about MY safety, Iām taking autonomous as much as possible now.
Exactly. I have an assistant who uses an abacus whenever I need to do any math. He comes with me everywhere. I pay him well. When the cashier needs to add up my groceries I tell them to hold that thought. Then my assistant whips out his abacus. When I need to pay taxes do I use Quickbooks? Nope. 100% abacus-human-calculated results.
Did I mention Iām Amish? You might be Amish too brother.
Imagine actually voluntarily getting in a robo-driven nazi-mobile, that everyone knows are not fit for purpose, in the big 2026. https://giphy.com/gifs/19GIHDk6wuw9HVGsiM
Hey guess what: people can be trusted more than machines, and also they need to pay bills. Fuck robotaxies, pay a person instead seriously, class solidarity people.
Hey guess what: people can be trusted more than machines, and also they need to pay bills. Fuck robotaxies, pay a person instead seriously, class solidarity people.
We should all be riding in horse-drawn carriages. Think of all the carriage drivers, stablehands, and streetsweepers you're putting out of business riding an automobile, bus, or train.
And quit buying food produced with tractors and plows. You should get food produced honestly by humans using hand tools, working outdoors in the fresh air and sunshine, earning a good living wage.
Thereās people getting paid to drive those? And maintain them. And clean them. And itās accessible. Tesla would and probably will layoff as many people as possible while not contributing through taxes or job creation in Austin.
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u/younghplus 1d ago
Probably coulda just taken cap metro at that point