[singleshot_]

I don’t need to be given a numeric rating by my chauffeur on how well I sit in the back of a car. The social play-acting part of ridesharing apps became exhausting to me (admittedly: an introvert) sometime during the first ride.

[jmward01]

I agree. Not everything in life needs to be a personal interaction. I just want to get from A to B. One of the reasons I like an actually functioning mass transit system is that you just get on and get off. Subways don't rate people (yet) and that is something I think good regulation could enforce here too. The problem is we have a long history of bad regulation when it comes to mass transit so we will see.

[johnnyanmac]

>One of the reasons I like an actually functioning mass transit system is that you just get on and get off.

would be nice to get that one day. In the meanwhile I guess LA is spending that budget here on Waymo for even more cars in traffic.

[Teever]

What makes you think that people who take Wayne rides aren't automatically rated?

[hypothesis]

Was not Uber plan to use human drivers as a stop-gap to autonomous driving? I doubt that they will remove ratings if they ever achieve that.

And Waymo is going to the same destination, just approaching from other direction.

[waych]

Is it better to leave it to an AI algorithm watching you in the back of the car? One way or another passengers are going to get rated.

[fiddlerwoaroof]

Yeah, imagine losing your gmail account due to some automated system malfunctioning and simultaneously losing access to the transportation system you depend on.

[singleshot_]

Of course, you are dead right. Thanks for thinking that situation all the way through, friend.

[mavhc]

But the safety of the driver is increased if bad passengers are eliminated from the job. Taxi driver is more dangerous that Police Officer in USA

[simplicitea]

....you can just not participate and keep to yourself and I guarantee you'll have a 5 star rating from every driver in america