But, the crucial question that the government and all the supporters of promoting driverless autonomous cars should be asking, apart from why, is: who is in control of them? Well, from a cross-examination, or rather interrogation of the Waymo Chief Security Officer, Dr Peyna, a few months ago it was revealed that these are controlled in the Philippines. See:
tiny.cc/who-controls-your-waymo
The rise of the autonomous car
Firstly, (he states in his normal cantankerous way) autonomous vehicles are not and will never be ‘taxis’. As such it should be illegal, with the threat of getting slapped in the face with a wet fish, to refer to them as taxis. So the press, and even trade publications need to stop referring to them as taxis.
Having stated that, I feel obliged to create a brand new name for them, so I here provide, free of charge with no copyright clauses attached, the new name for them to be known as: ‘robaxis’. Yes, I know even that is near the knuckle, but it will clearly define once and for all that these are not taxis which under legislation are hackney carriages which work the streets and ranks.
However, I laugh in the face of all those foolish government ministers who are dazzled with faux promises presented by the snake-oil companies of autonomous vehicles, and by that I mean completely driverless ones. I know I would be referred to as a Luddite by some, but I really am not and I consider myself as a realist who is not taken in by such a gimmick that will never take off here.
Yes, I know that these ‘robaxis’ are apparently driving around fully driverless abroad. But from everything that I have seen so far, they are not capable of being driverless in the streets over here. Additionally, there are so many viral videos around of these ‘robaxis’ getting stuck or causing mayhem, to the recent significant and dangerous situation of an autonomous vehicle, with an observation driver on board, driving through a police cordon at a murder scene in Harlesden.
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Yep, you better believe it. So, should a Waymo have any difficulty anywhere in the world, then engineers in the Philippines will take-over. These will be people who have no UK security checks who are allowed to be in full control of navigating our streets, spying on everything and everyone around. Ultimately they’re in control of a machine that has been let loose on the UK streets and sanctioned by our government to be controlled by unknown aliens.
Having taken this on board, let’s examine it in a bit more detail including the consequences of our government allowing Waymos and the likes to be set free in London. This may sound far fetched but what is to stop an army of driverless autonomous vehicles being used to create chaos and destruction in the capital? Are these being lined up to be the modern equivalent of the Trojan Horse? So, whilst I see all the publicity photos of gullible ministers being ferried around in these autonomous vehicles, albeit with drivers still at the wheel, and being cajoled into being ‘trendy and hip’, I beg to question their judgement and capability of living in the real world and keeping us safe.
Forget drones attacking Buck House, instead there will be an unstoppable army of autonomous cars heading down The Mall with Putin stroking his white cat on his lap watching on from 3,000 miles away.
It’s actually a shame that Doctor Who has been cancelled because these autonomous driverless cars, or ‘robaxis’ would feature quite well as an enemy structured to take-over the world, just like Uber....or even for the next James Bond story….
Anyway, with the above now written and printed, and knowing the way things are here with the media police, I would not be surprised if I hear the jangle of handcuffs and get a knock at the door!
If my ramblings do not appear in the August PHTM then you will know the answer!
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