[smlacy]

So you're implying that someone in a locked Waymo was assaulted at gunpoint from outside the vehicle? These are rolling surveillance machines (in a good way?) and virtually every aspect of this would be caught on probably a dozen cameras. I'd be surprised if this hypothetical scenario has ever happened, and if it has, I'd love to see the evidence.

[lokar]

I think people vastly overestimate the extent to which would be criminals think ahead to the likelihood of being caught and the severity of the punishment.

[jfoster]

They might not, but there is a further defence against their lack of consideration about consequences.

It's called incarceration.

[lokar]

Not really related to my reply

[jfoster]

I'm surprised explanation is necessary, but OK.

Even if the criminals don't themselves consider the presence of cameras, the cameras likely ensure they will not have freedom for too much longer.

[freediddy]

You mean like this?

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/technology/trapped-inside...

[BoorishBears]

You're laying on enough qualifiers that even a recent robbery of a Waymo is precluded, because (if we really want to victim blame) their window was down which is asking for it.

But overall, not sure why the tone of these replies: then Venn diagram of "wants to rob people" and "cares Google's AV will record it" doesn't include as much overlap as you're implying.

A Waymo has even been used as a getaway vehicle a few times now, once even successfully

[vamos_davai]

Cameras aren't going to stop a crime in progress.

[jfoster]

But they might stop it from happening again if the perpetrators are imprisoned as a result of the footage.

[ethbr1]

> virtually every aspect of this would be caught on probably a dozen cameras

If only there were a widely available technology to conceal ones face...