Waymo Is Suing People Who Allegedly Smashed and Slashed Its Robotaxis
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Burton’s public defender, Adam Birka-White, says in a statement that Burton ‘is someone in need of help and not jail’…”
It sounds like they need both [1].
[1] https://www.thesfnews.com/ronaile-burton-arrested-in-serial-...
Also, he was reportedly driving "a rental car that was past due... On June 26, the suspect vehicle [from all 20 slashings] was located on the 300 block of Bryant Street and the suspect was inside the vehicle. Burton slashed the tires on the suspect vehicle as well as the tires of the tow truck that had responded on behalf of the rental car company to seize the suspect vehicle. He then broke windows on both vehicles before vandalizing five occupied vehicles along the Embarcadero."
I take it he's not gonna give the rental company 5 stars on Yelp?
How stupid do you have to be to do this when both your vehicle AND the other vehicle continuously record at all times from every angle and stream it to the cloud?
It’s not smart to ram things with your car. That should frankly result in a licence suspension.
Really of you're going to mess with autonomous cars which by definition are a rolling camera, you gotta be more discreet. Sprinkle a few caltrops out your pant leg while you walk in front of it or something.
Of course, not; probably more like, he fantasized about it for months, and it was a new version of some old fantasy he's been carrying carried since adolescence.
Indeed, the tyre-slasher is already subject to the criminal system.