WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.520 --> 00:00:01.360 It's nice eye. 2 00:00:02.799 --> 00:00:06.120 I'm going easy. Boston's News Radio. 3 00:00:06.839 --> 00:00:10.039 All right, back to the calls. We're talking about autonomous vehicles. 4 00:00:10.640 --> 00:00:17.039 I have had the pleasure I'm driving in an autonomous vehicle. Basically, 5 00:00:17.039 --> 00:00:20.359 it's called a way Mow in San Francisco and it 6 00:00:20.399 --> 00:00:22.719 was in I guess was January. When I was out 7 00:00:22.760 --> 00:00:29.879 there and tried. It worked fine, pretty easy. I haven't 8 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:33.399 heard from too many people who have experienced this, but 9 00:00:33.520 --> 00:00:36.960 it's different. It's like calling an uber or lyft and 10 00:00:37.000 --> 00:00:40.880 there's no driver, So it's good for people who don't 11 00:00:41.079 --> 00:00:44.520 want to have to talk to the drivers. I guess 12 00:00:45.479 --> 00:00:47.600 I like to talk to drivers, but I need and 13 00:00:47.679 --> 00:00:49.520 I also like to talk to you. Let's give us 14 00:00:49.520 --> 00:00:52.200 a call. Six one seven, two, five, four ten thirty 15 00:00:52.799 --> 00:00:55.600 six one seven nine three one ten thirty. Just love 16 00:00:55.719 --> 00:00:58.920 to know what attitude on this is. I mean, at 17 00:00:58.920 --> 00:01:02.560 thirty forty years now, I'm sure autonomous cars will be 18 00:01:02.600 --> 00:01:07.000 the rage, and we probably will have no accidents because well, 19 00:01:07.439 --> 00:01:09.719 with every car on the road is autonomous and there 20 00:01:09.760 --> 00:01:12.760 are braking systems designed and all of it, we won't 21 00:01:12.760 --> 00:01:14.959 have accidents. But it's going to take a while for 22 00:01:15.040 --> 00:01:16.959 us to get there. It's going to take a while 23 00:01:16.959 --> 00:01:18.400 for me to get to my calls. Let me go 24 00:01:18.439 --> 00:01:21.159 to Glenn and West Roxbury, Glenn. You were next door nightside. 25 00:01:21.159 --> 00:01:28.439 Welcome Greg, Hello Dan Hi. I think the self driving 26 00:01:28.640 --> 00:01:34.519 cars would be fantastic idea because ninety percent of car 27 00:01:34.680 --> 00:01:39.280 accidents are caused by human error. So if human's on 28 00:01:39.480 --> 00:01:42.519 driving should be a lot of less accidents. 29 00:01:43.040 --> 00:01:44.719 I think you make a lot of sense. I think 30 00:01:44.760 --> 00:01:48.439 that that as night follows day, exactly what you said, 31 00:01:48.519 --> 00:01:51.920 that you take the human element out of it. Now, 32 00:01:52.079 --> 00:01:55.239 will there be some accidents? Probably, But I would think 33 00:01:55.280 --> 00:01:58.319 that if that if every car in the road was 34 00:01:58.719 --> 00:02:02.159 designed as an autono this vehicle, there would be no accidents. 35 00:02:02.239 --> 00:02:06.000 And again it's a weird Let me tell you. When 36 00:02:06.040 --> 00:02:08.240 you get in that car and you realize no one's 37 00:02:08.240 --> 00:02:11.080 in the front seat, and all of a sudden, the 38 00:02:11.199 --> 00:02:14.520 voice in the car says, make sure your seat belt 39 00:02:14.560 --> 00:02:17.680 is securely fastened, and you do that because if you 40 00:02:17.719 --> 00:02:19.919 don't fasten your seat belt, the car's stock got to 41 00:02:19.919 --> 00:02:22.639 pull away from the curb, and then all of a sudden, 42 00:02:22.680 --> 00:02:26.719 the steering wheel starts to turn and you can feel 43 00:02:27.159 --> 00:02:31.520 the car starting to move and you're you're in a 44 00:02:31.520 --> 00:02:38.199 way mo so we hadn't talked about this in any 45 00:02:38.240 --> 00:02:40.960 depth in a while here at Night's side, and then 46 00:02:41.000 --> 00:02:43.000 Marita and I today said, well, let's do a couple 47 00:02:43.039 --> 00:02:47.400 of different things. We talked about the Patriots walker room 48 00:02:47.479 --> 00:02:50.439 complaints in the first hour, and we're talking about this 49 00:02:50.960 --> 00:02:53.840 in the in the ten and eleven o'clock hours. So 50 00:02:54.280 --> 00:02:57.400 you would you you haven't experienced this yet, would you 51 00:02:57.479 --> 00:03:00.599 hesitate if you were in a city like Phoenix, LA 52 00:03:00.840 --> 00:03:05.000 Or San Francisco with these cars were available to try them, 53 00:03:05.240 --> 00:03:06.199 to try them. 54 00:03:06.840 --> 00:03:10.400 I'd sure like to try it, to see how it feels. 55 00:03:11.080 --> 00:03:15.960 One thing I'm thinking of is every single year there's 56 00:03:16.039 --> 00:03:20.599 over forty thousand people that die from car recC and 57 00:03:20.719 --> 00:03:22.159 it's if every cow. 58 00:03:23.000 --> 00:03:25.400 I think they've they've brought that number down a little bit. 59 00:03:25.439 --> 00:03:28.000 I think it's more like about thirty But thirty thousand 60 00:03:28.080 --> 00:03:31.599 people are enough to fill Fenway Park, so it's a 61 00:03:31.599 --> 00:03:33.360 lot of people. Maybe you might be right, you. 62 00:03:33.280 --> 00:03:37.840 Know, go ahead, Maybe maybe if every cow was self driving, 63 00:03:38.599 --> 00:03:43.199 it would be like really really low, like way lower. 64 00:03:43.919 --> 00:03:48.439 I think I tend to think you're right on that one, Glenn, 65 00:03:48.439 --> 00:03:51.000 to be really honest with you, So thanks, thanks for 66 00:03:51.080 --> 00:03:53.719 weighing in on your point of view on this. Have 67 00:03:53.840 --> 00:03:55.719 you called the show before? Is this your first time? 68 00:03:56.879 --> 00:04:01.960 I called in years ago when the cold was the 69 00:04:02.039 --> 00:04:03.280 hot doctor. 70 00:04:03.199 --> 00:04:05.759 Doctor Larry Cone, and I miss him so much. He's 71 00:04:05.800 --> 00:04:09.159 a great he was a great man. And what a 72 00:04:09.240 --> 00:04:12.319 legacy he did. I think it was twelve thousand heart 73 00:04:12.319 --> 00:04:13.599 surgeries at his career. 74 00:04:13.919 --> 00:04:15.240 Just wow. 75 00:04:15.479 --> 00:04:18.160 I ended up going to going. 76 00:04:17.920 --> 00:04:21.560 To see him, actually because he was on the show, 77 00:04:21.639 --> 00:04:26.040 so I ended up going to his office. 78 00:04:26.480 --> 00:04:29.639 Ah, he was an incredible guy. I hope he took 79 00:04:29.680 --> 00:04:33.480 care of you. Obviously you're still alive and everything, Okay, 80 00:04:33.519 --> 00:04:34.759 I hope at this point. 81 00:04:35.639 --> 00:04:40.639 Well, unfortunately I've had five hot attacks, so but I'm 82 00:04:40.680 --> 00:04:41.319 still here. 83 00:04:41.879 --> 00:04:44.920 That's an important thing. That's an important How old are you, Glenn? 84 00:04:45.920 --> 00:04:48.160 Sixty six and I'm still trying. 85 00:04:48.839 --> 00:04:50.879 You know what, Glenn, you're a very young man. So 86 00:04:51.879 --> 00:04:54.720 just keep that weight down, eat a little bit better, 87 00:04:54.800 --> 00:04:56.839 get a little bit of exercise, and make sure you 88 00:04:56.879 --> 00:04:58.000 see your doctor. Okay. 89 00:04:59.480 --> 00:04:59.680 Yeah. 90 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:05.360 I became a vegetarian eleven years ago and I've never 91 00:05:05.480 --> 00:05:08.279 weighed more than one hundred and fifty pounds, so I 92 00:05:08.439 --> 00:05:09.120 never had that. 93 00:05:10.920 --> 00:05:11.399 Problem. 94 00:05:11.480 --> 00:05:15.920 But every man on my father's side of the family, 95 00:05:16.079 --> 00:05:17.639 we all had the hot trouble. 96 00:05:17.920 --> 00:05:22.040 Yeah, well, this genetics is something you kind you kind 97 00:05:22.040 --> 00:05:25.839 of avoid, and I wish your good health, my friend, 98 00:05:25.839 --> 00:05:27.519 and I hope to hear from you more often. 99 00:05:27.560 --> 00:05:29.959 Okay, Kerry, thanks a lot. 100 00:05:30.439 --> 00:05:32.639 Thanks glad to talk to you soon. Let me go 101 00:05:32.720 --> 00:05:36.240 to Martha down in Sekong, down on the south coast. Hi, Martha, 102 00:05:36.240 --> 00:05:36.959 how are you tonight? 103 00:05:37.800 --> 00:05:40.079 Okay, Canio, I'm doing just great. 104 00:05:40.199 --> 00:05:43.639 Tell me what you thought are about these autonomous vehicles. 105 00:05:44.920 --> 00:05:47.839 Well, I when my son and I had talked about 106 00:05:47.879 --> 00:05:50.160 it in the past, I was kind of nervous about it. 107 00:05:50.199 --> 00:05:53.639 He actually works for Waimo. He's a cyber security guy, 108 00:05:54.360 --> 00:05:58.199 and he told me that it's very safe. Those guys 109 00:05:58.199 --> 00:06:01.399 are very safe, and a couple of months ago he 110 00:06:01.519 --> 00:06:06.240 mentioned that their competition hit a pedestrian and they dragged 111 00:06:06.279 --> 00:06:08.720 the woman a couple of feet, so their competition got 112 00:06:09.160 --> 00:06:13.000 they weren't able to to do the testing anymore until, 113 00:06:13.079 --> 00:06:17.519 you know, until they got checked out and stuff make 114 00:06:17.560 --> 00:06:20.240 sure everything's okay. So I asked my son what does 115 00:06:20.319 --> 00:06:22.759 Waymo do so that doesn't happen to them, and he 116 00:06:22.759 --> 00:06:26.040 said that they factor in like children running into the 117 00:06:26.079 --> 00:06:28.600 streets and stuff like that. So they have different things 118 00:06:28.600 --> 00:06:32.800 that they do so they don't hit hit anybody. But 119 00:06:33.480 --> 00:06:35.160 I'm not sure if I would be interested in. 120 00:06:35.879 --> 00:06:39.439 Let me ask is who was the competition that uh 121 00:06:40.319 --> 00:06:45.399 the name of the company Cruise Cruise like. 122 00:06:47.519 --> 00:06:51.120 Huh okay, yeah, and I had never heard of them before. 123 00:06:52.600 --> 00:06:56.000 Well, that's you know, capitalistic system. You've got different companies 124 00:06:56.000 --> 00:06:59.800 out there competing. So so your son works, is he based? 125 00:06:59.839 --> 00:07:03.920 I think it's a cool your son works for way moment. 126 00:07:04.480 --> 00:07:10.319 Google, right, yeah, he he works remote. He used to 127 00:07:10.360 --> 00:07:12.360 live in the Bay Area, but now he's he's in 128 00:07:12.399 --> 00:07:16.720 a different state. But a few times he has to, 129 00:07:16.759 --> 00:07:20.879 you know, go to California and and do some testing 130 00:07:20.920 --> 00:07:24.680 on the Carsia and the gentleman that was talking about 131 00:07:24.800 --> 00:07:29.800 the car getting hacked, you know, I want I don't 132 00:07:29.839 --> 00:07:31.920 think i'd be worried about the weather. He talked about 133 00:07:31.959 --> 00:07:34.000 a couple of things, you know, the weather. I think 134 00:07:34.000 --> 00:07:38.000 that they would probably factor in snowstorms and stuff like that. 135 00:07:38.839 --> 00:07:43.000 But like my son says, the cybersecurity guys, they have 136 00:07:43.079 --> 00:07:45.680 to be correct one hundred percent of times, whereas a 137 00:07:45.680 --> 00:07:47.720 bad hacker only has to be correct one time to 138 00:07:48.000 --> 00:07:49.000 you know, mess things up. 139 00:07:49.279 --> 00:07:52.000 No, I hear you I hear you that. What does 140 00:07:52.040 --> 00:07:53.879 your son do? Is he a programmer? 141 00:07:55.399 --> 00:07:57.959 Uh? Yeah, he works on the safety issues of it. 142 00:07:58.040 --> 00:08:00.959 You know, he tries to hack the system. 143 00:08:00.240 --> 00:08:04.639 Okay, yeah, okay, no, I get Yeah, you need people 144 00:08:04.720 --> 00:08:08.759 like that obviously. Hopefully we have people in our government 145 00:08:08.800 --> 00:08:13.079 who's trying to find the weaknesses in the SOB security 146 00:08:13.120 --> 00:08:16.439 system and all of that. Yeah, we need people like that. Absolutely. 147 00:08:16.759 --> 00:08:19.040 It's like when, like in the old days, you need 148 00:08:19.079 --> 00:08:21.279 a lot you need a locksmith to come to your 149 00:08:21.279 --> 00:08:23.319 house to put a lock on to make sure no 150 00:08:23.360 --> 00:08:26.759 one can walk in through the front door unnoticed. Same 151 00:08:27.079 --> 00:08:33.759 same principle, a little more complicated what your son's doing though. Yeah, Hey, 152 00:08:33.759 --> 00:08:35.799 thanks Martha. Have I heard from you before? Is this 153 00:08:35.879 --> 00:08:36.879 your first time calling? 154 00:08:37.759 --> 00:08:37.919 No? 155 00:08:38.000 --> 00:08:39.600 I called a few years ago. 156 00:08:40.440 --> 00:08:44.559 You know, it's really funny people will tell me I 157 00:08:44.600 --> 00:08:47.679 called a few years ago. Call more often. Okay. I 158 00:08:47.799 --> 00:08:51.600 really love to hear different voices more frequently. Thanks for 159 00:08:51.720 --> 00:08:54.879 listening down there on the South coast. And uh and 160 00:08:54.879 --> 00:08:57.480 and thanks for calling, and come on back soon. 161 00:08:57.519 --> 00:09:01.000 Okay, all right, thank you, have a good I hope. 162 00:09:00.799 --> 00:09:03.200 Your son occasionally listens to us. You know, you can 163 00:09:03.519 --> 00:09:06.039 tell your son if he wants to tomorrow. We will 164 00:09:06.080 --> 00:09:09.159 have this hour post it like we post our hours 165 00:09:09.200 --> 00:09:13.960 all the time at Nightside on Demand dot com. He 166 00:09:13.960 --> 00:09:15.960 he could listen to this hour. Tell him you were 167 00:09:15.960 --> 00:09:18.799 on about eleven fifteen. He'd be able to. He'd be 168 00:09:18.799 --> 00:09:20.840 pretty proud of hearing his mom on the radio. 169 00:09:22.039 --> 00:09:23.960 Well, I called him up to because I was hoping 170 00:09:24.000 --> 00:09:26.240 he'd call in and talk to you, but he was 171 00:09:26.279 --> 00:09:28.320 afraid that he wouldn't be able to get the reception 172 00:09:29.440 --> 00:09:30.120 where he's at. 173 00:09:30.519 --> 00:09:33.039 Well, all he's got to do is go to WBZ 174 00:09:33.320 --> 00:09:37.279 on the web WBZ Boston and we brought web live 175 00:09:37.320 --> 00:09:39.919 and he can he can go to Night's if he's 176 00:09:40.200 --> 00:09:44.240 that's easy. If he listens to tomorrow, he can listen 177 00:09:44.440 --> 00:09:47.240 to the replay of this hour at Nightside on demand 178 00:09:47.279 --> 00:09:49.960 dot com. 179 00:09:50.559 --> 00:09:52.320 All right, all right, well, thank. 180 00:09:52.159 --> 00:09:54.799 You, thank you, Martha, appreciate it. Have a great night. 181 00:09:54.879 --> 00:09:57.799 Good night. Wow, that's kind of a small world that 182 00:09:58.279 --> 00:10:01.080 mom is listening and the son is wor the time 183 00:10:01.080 --> 00:10:03.240 for a break? I think, Rob, I'm late a couple 184 00:10:03.279 --> 00:10:05.679 of minutes. Here will give the number one more time 185 00:10:05.759 --> 00:10:08.480 six one seven, two, five four to ten thirty. Also 186 00:10:08.639 --> 00:10:11.360 six one seven, nine, three one ten thirty. Take a 187 00:10:11.440 --> 00:10:16.000 quick break here on Nightside, back talking about autonomous vehicles. 188 00:10:16.399 --> 00:10:19.159 They will be in the future, not exactly. Well, they're 189 00:10:19.200 --> 00:10:22.519 here now. Uh if you want to be a passenger. 190 00:10:23.080 --> 00:10:27.279 But in terms of owning an autonomous vehicle that's coming. 191 00:10:28.200 --> 00:10:32.480 It might be ten or fifteen or more years, but eventually, 192 00:10:33.200 --> 00:10:38.039 your your grandchildren and your children will probably own an 193 00:10:38.120 --> 00:10:41.279 autonomous driving vehicle. Back on Nightside after. 194 00:10:41.120 --> 00:10:44.919 This, Now back to Dan ray Line from the Window 195 00:10:44.919 --> 00:10:48.480 World Nightside Studios on WBZ News Radio. 196 00:10:49.399 --> 00:10:51.759 Keep rowling. You're going to go to Jack in Firmingham. 197 00:10:51.879 --> 00:10:56.639 Jack next on Nightside. Welcome, Yes, Hi, Hi Dan, how 198 00:10:56.720 --> 00:10:59.080 are you. I'm doing great, Jack, Thanks for calling in. 199 00:10:59.399 --> 00:11:02.240 Have you ever had had an experience with an autonomous vehicle? 200 00:11:04.000 --> 00:11:07.919 Well, no, I haven't yet. It sounds interesting. I had 201 00:11:08.240 --> 00:11:12.919 tuned in before eleven, and the young man on the 202 00:11:12.960 --> 00:11:15.279 phone suggests that I called back after eleven because I 203 00:11:15.360 --> 00:11:19.000 wanted to talk about this economic boycott that was scheduled 204 00:11:19.039 --> 00:11:19.679 for tomorrow. 205 00:11:20.279 --> 00:11:24.399 Yeah, you know again, I'll give you. I don't want 206 00:11:24.440 --> 00:11:27.600 to break the chain here since you've called back, you 207 00:11:28.240 --> 00:11:31.759 want to mention it, go right ahead. But what I 208 00:11:31.799 --> 00:11:34.360 told him was to call back when, if and when 209 00:11:34.399 --> 00:11:36.320 we got to open lines. But go ahead. I'll give 210 00:11:36.360 --> 00:11:37.120 you an opportunity. 211 00:11:37.120 --> 00:11:39.039 Go ahead, yes, sir. 212 00:11:39.080 --> 00:11:42.000 Well, according to what I'm reading from the AP story, 213 00:11:42.799 --> 00:11:45.679 the US or residents are being encouraged not to spend 214 00:11:45.720 --> 00:11:50.320 any money Friday as an act of economic resistance to 215 00:11:50.480 --> 00:11:55.600 protest what the group's founder sees as the influence of billionaires, 216 00:11:56.080 --> 00:12:00.559 big corporations, and both major political parties on the lives 217 00:12:00.559 --> 00:12:04.440 of working Americas. The People's Union USA calls the twenty 218 00:12:04.480 --> 00:12:09.399 four hours of spending abstinence set to start at midnight, 219 00:12:09.919 --> 00:12:11.720 an economic blackout. 220 00:12:12.519 --> 00:12:16.600 Well, so I certainly don't support that, to be honest 221 00:12:16.639 --> 00:12:17.720 with you. Why not, Dan? 222 00:12:17.840 --> 00:12:19.279 Why why not? Why not? 223 00:12:20.240 --> 00:12:24.080 Because I will go out tomorrow and I have probably 224 00:12:24.080 --> 00:12:26.919 put some gas in my car, and I have to 225 00:12:27.000 --> 00:12:28.960 probably buy some food for the weekend. 226 00:12:29.720 --> 00:12:32.559 And I no, I understand that perfectly. 227 00:12:32.840 --> 00:12:36.519 Dan, I agree with you. But I heard about this 228 00:12:36.600 --> 00:12:39.519 earlier in the week and people were being encouraged to 229 00:12:39.600 --> 00:12:42.360 get all the shopping done so that we would not 230 00:12:42.480 --> 00:12:43.600 have to shop tomorrow. 231 00:12:43.840 --> 00:12:44.600 So I would just. 232 00:12:44.639 --> 00:12:48.919 Encourage anybody that cannot shop, who is concerned about the 233 00:12:48.960 --> 00:12:52.600 billionaires taken over this country to not shop tomorrow. 234 00:12:52.600 --> 00:12:53.039 That's all. 235 00:12:53.519 --> 00:12:56.320 Yeah, Well, that's fine. There's a lot of billionaires who 236 00:12:56.399 --> 00:12:58.919 invest in companies and provide people with jobs. 237 00:13:00.080 --> 00:13:01.240 You know what I'm talking about, Jane. 238 00:13:01.240 --> 00:13:03.759 I'm thought that the billionaires that are running Washington right 239 00:13:03.799 --> 00:13:09.039 now that are trampling on little babies getting vaccines in Africa, 240 00:13:09.320 --> 00:13:11.559 these billionaires in the White House. 241 00:13:11.720 --> 00:13:16.120 Okay, so this is so, this is a political protest 242 00:13:16.200 --> 00:13:18.600 against Trump and President Trump. 243 00:13:18.879 --> 00:13:22.039 No, no, d it says the people. It's the People's 244 00:13:22.120 --> 00:13:25.519 Union USA. I'm just reading the A P story. Doesn't 245 00:13:25.559 --> 00:13:27.080 say anything about Jackie. 246 00:13:27.120 --> 00:13:30.000 I got to get to get excited. You. You told 247 00:13:30.000 --> 00:13:32.360 me exactly what it was. So if people out there 248 00:13:32.399 --> 00:13:35.879 want to take advantage of that and express themselves, that's fine. 249 00:13:35.919 --> 00:13:37.799 But I'm not there with that with you on that one. 250 00:13:37.919 --> 00:13:40.879 Jack So appreciate your time for calling in. Appreciate that 251 00:13:42.080 --> 00:13:44.879 you called back. Feel free to call the show any night. 252 00:13:44.960 --> 00:13:47.000 Have a great night. Let's keep rolling. You're going to 253 00:13:47.080 --> 00:13:49.879 go to Mike and Wellesley. Mike, I don't know about you, 254 00:13:49.919 --> 00:13:52.200 but I'm I'm going to be shopping tomorrow. Go ahead, Mike, 255 00:13:53.399 --> 00:13:54.039 I will be too. 256 00:13:54.600 --> 00:13:56.840 I'm calling about the windmill. I actually have a funny 257 00:13:56.840 --> 00:13:59.320 story but happened earlier this year I was in scott 258 00:13:59.399 --> 00:14:03.360 Keller was in Scottsville, Arizona, going to Fiesta Bowl, and 259 00:14:03.399 --> 00:14:04.720 my wife and I were at a hotel and there 260 00:14:04.759 --> 00:14:07.039 was a Waymo park right outside and she was thinking 261 00:14:07.039 --> 00:14:09.000 about getting in it, and I'm like, nah, I don't 262 00:14:09.000 --> 00:14:10.600 think it's ready for prime time. And it's a couple 263 00:14:10.679 --> 00:14:14.039 more years, and we got on the we got home. 264 00:14:14.320 --> 00:14:16.279 About two days later. We got home and we saw 265 00:14:16.360 --> 00:14:21.159 in the USA Today website that Scottsdale, Arizona Waymo wouldn't 266 00:14:21.200 --> 00:14:22.799 let a guy out at the airport. He just kept 267 00:14:22.840 --> 00:14:25.840 circling because it somehow got hacked or doctor fuse. And 268 00:14:25.879 --> 00:14:28.440 the guy was circling for three hours. And so we 269 00:14:28.440 --> 00:14:30.480 were kind of we figured we touched a bullet. 270 00:14:31.120 --> 00:14:36.399 WHOA. I had not seen that story, and I guess 271 00:14:36.639 --> 00:14:41.799 that's possible, or obviously it's more than possible that actually happened. 272 00:14:43.240 --> 00:14:45.399 He had to call the he had to call waymom 273 00:14:45.600 --> 00:14:48.080 uh help service to get them to stop the car. 274 00:14:49.639 --> 00:14:49.799 Right. 275 00:14:49.840 --> 00:14:53.200 But then the question is, then the question is how 276 00:14:53.240 --> 00:14:56.080 does he know. I mean, let's assume you're going out 277 00:14:56.080 --> 00:14:58.879 of Phoenix. Phoenix is a pretty big airport, and you 278 00:14:59.000 --> 00:15:01.639 start to panic and you say, well, I want to 279 00:15:01.639 --> 00:15:04.720 be I want to stop at the Delta or American 280 00:15:04.879 --> 00:15:09.120 or Jet Blue or whatever. Uh he probably you know, 281 00:15:09.200 --> 00:15:12.799 if someone else has taken control of the car, that's weird. 282 00:15:12.840 --> 00:15:15.679 I mean that, first of all, why would anyone do 283 00:15:15.759 --> 00:15:16.639 that when you think. 284 00:15:16.519 --> 00:15:19.360 About it, to do what hackett? I don't know if 285 00:15:19.519 --> 00:15:21.440 pactor was just a glitch in the in the software, 286 00:15:21.519 --> 00:15:22.519 but just okay. 287 00:15:23.480 --> 00:15:26.000 So let's assume it's it's a glitch in the software 288 00:15:26.120 --> 00:15:28.440 or a hacket, doesn't matter. I got to assume that 289 00:15:28.519 --> 00:15:32.320 Waimo would stay, get out of the car when it stops. 290 00:15:32.559 --> 00:15:35.120 Weary you, We'll send another car to pick you up. 291 00:15:37.039 --> 00:15:39.039 We were pretty happy we toughtched the bullet. 292 00:15:40.399 --> 00:15:43.960 Yeah, well again. I got into Waimo in San Francisco 293 00:15:44.279 --> 00:15:47.320 and it was a really pleasant experience. I mean, it 294 00:15:47.879 --> 00:15:51.480 was a comfortable car. Sat there. I was with my 295 00:15:51.600 --> 00:15:56.000 daughter and her husband, and basically they explained what was 296 00:15:56.039 --> 00:15:59.639 going on. It was, it was all it was. Look 297 00:15:59.679 --> 00:16:02.840 when you know, it was just for me. It was 298 00:16:02.879 --> 00:16:05.120 a new experience and I just enjoyed it. I thought 299 00:16:05.120 --> 00:16:09.799 to myself, I've never done this before. I'm not in 300 00:16:09.840 --> 00:16:13.360 San Francisco every day, or a Los Angeles or Phoenix 301 00:16:13.399 --> 00:16:18.960 Arizona or Scottsdale. But hey, it worked for me. I'm 302 00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:21.320 glad that you didn't get in that car, that's for sure. 303 00:16:21.399 --> 00:16:24.879 But it's pretty weird when you see it, isn't it. 304 00:16:26.120 --> 00:16:28.759 Oh yeah, I mean I'm actually intrigued eventually thinking about 305 00:16:28.799 --> 00:16:31.600 ten years, you know, the insurance companies or somebody's going 306 00:16:31.639 --> 00:16:34.399 to say, look, it's safer than people driving, especially like 307 00:16:34.480 --> 00:16:36.159 at night after stone the bars and stuff. So I 308 00:16:36.159 --> 00:16:38.360 do think it's coming. I'm not afraid of the technology. 309 00:16:38.360 --> 00:16:40.559 I just don't think it's ready for primetime. And that's 310 00:16:40.759 --> 00:16:42.360 where reinforced it that I'm going to wait a few 311 00:16:42.360 --> 00:16:42.720 more years. 312 00:16:43.279 --> 00:16:46.120 Well, right, I think it's ready for primetime in San Francisco, 313 00:16:46.279 --> 00:16:50.039 Los Angeles right now. Now. Why anybody is out there 314 00:16:50.080 --> 00:16:53.960 trying to hack into a system and cause people aggravation. 315 00:16:54.200 --> 00:16:57.639 That's like the people who want to block the Southeast 316 00:16:57.679 --> 00:17:00.399 Expressway because they have a political point of you. When 317 00:17:00.720 --> 00:17:04.240 people are trying to get to hospital appointments and you know, 318 00:17:04.359 --> 00:17:06.920 law offices and get to work, they don't care. Their 319 00:17:07.000 --> 00:17:10.200 political point of view is the most important. Our friend 320 00:17:10.279 --> 00:17:13.519 Jack from Framingham tomorrow is all excited about He's not 321 00:17:13.599 --> 00:17:17.079 gonna He's not gonna buy anything at the store. Okay, good, 322 00:17:17.319 --> 00:17:19.960 good for him. That's his right. You've got a lot 323 00:17:19.960 --> 00:17:23.319 of freedom to do that. But you know that's I 324 00:17:23.440 --> 00:17:26.079 just don't see why anybody plays a prank like that. 325 00:17:26.400 --> 00:17:28.640 To me, that's the same thing as person who calls 326 00:17:28.680 --> 00:17:31.640 it a bomb a bomb scare. I mean, all that's 327 00:17:31.680 --> 00:17:35.200 doing is causing that. The person that hacked the Waimo 328 00:17:35.240 --> 00:17:38.640 caused a lot of aggravation, angst, and anxiety to the 329 00:17:38.680 --> 00:17:41.359 person who was in the WEIMO. The person who calls 330 00:17:41.400 --> 00:17:46.759 the bomb scare or whatever, they're just causing people inconvenience. Yeah, 331 00:17:47.680 --> 00:17:51.240 I'm with you. I'm with you. Thanks Mike, appreciate your call. 332 00:17:51.240 --> 00:17:53.000 Thank you boy, Bye bye. 333 00:17:53.440 --> 00:17:58.839 All right, if we would like, uh, we will continue 334 00:17:58.880 --> 00:18:02.680 with this or or right after the news at the 335 00:18:02.680 --> 00:18:05.480 bottom of the Arab we'll give you some open line opportunity. 336 00:18:05.799 --> 00:18:09.799 I think this is a fascinating topic. Maybe because I 337 00:18:09.880 --> 00:18:14.440 experienced this, I'm a little more interested in it. But 338 00:18:14.519 --> 00:18:17.640 we've had some great calls in the last couple of hours. 339 00:18:17.680 --> 00:18:20.920 I thank everyone who did call, particularly those who had 340 00:18:20.960 --> 00:18:25.319 an opinion on WEIMO one way or the other. It's around, 341 00:18:25.640 --> 00:18:28.279 as I say, it exists. It's in Phoenix, it's in 342 00:18:28.359 --> 00:18:31.240 San Francisco, it's in Los Angeles. I don't know it's 343 00:18:31.240 --> 00:18:34.440 going to be here anytime soon, but there will come 344 00:18:34.480 --> 00:18:38.079 a point where people will be buying self driving cars 345 00:18:38.119 --> 00:18:43.359 to own, not just to use as self driving the 346 00:18:43.440 --> 00:18:46.359 equivalent of a self driving taxicab or self driving uber 347 00:18:46.440 --> 00:18:49.920 or self driving lyft. I remember when I got in 348 00:18:50.000 --> 00:18:52.319 the car. It was very strange to think, Okay, you're 349 00:18:52.359 --> 00:18:54.160 getting in the backseat of a car. There's no one 350 00:18:54.160 --> 00:18:56.680 in the front seat, and this car is going to 351 00:18:56.720 --> 00:18:58.640 take you from right here, point A to point B. 352 00:18:59.000 --> 00:19:01.359 And it did, and it was flawless. And as a 353 00:19:01.400 --> 00:19:04.039 matter of fact, it had to make a bit of 354 00:19:04.039 --> 00:19:07.640 a U turn on the street to get us across 355 00:19:07.720 --> 00:19:10.000 the street. It didn't drop us off on the side 356 00:19:10.039 --> 00:19:13.000 of the street and then have us walk across the street. 357 00:19:13.240 --> 00:19:16.640 It waited until traffic was clear, and it swung right 358 00:19:16.960 --> 00:19:19.640 across the street to where our location was, where we 359 00:19:19.640 --> 00:19:24.119 were headed. I mean it what apparently didn't break any 360 00:19:24.160 --> 00:19:28.680 sort of traffic rule in San Francisco to do that, uh, 361 00:19:28.720 --> 00:19:31.880 and it was It impressed me. We'll take a break 362 00:19:31.920 --> 00:19:34.920 six one seven, two ten thirty six one seven nine 363 00:19:35.000 --> 00:19:37.079 three one ten thirty. If you want to talk about 364 00:19:37.079 --> 00:19:44.839 Waimo or again autonomous self driving vehicles which exist today 365 00:19:45.319 --> 00:19:49.480 and are in certain American cities, primarily West Coast cities, 366 00:19:49.920 --> 00:19:52.680 feel free to join the conversation if you'd like to 367 00:19:52.720 --> 00:19:58.440 call with an open line comment since uh, you can 368 00:19:58.480 --> 00:19:59.880 do that as well, and we'll mix them in the 369 00:20:00.079 --> 00:20:02.880 the final hour. Fair enough, back on Night's Out after. 370 00:20:02.680 --> 00:20:11.559 This Night's Side with Dan Ray, I'm WBZY Boston's news radio. 371 00:20:12.599 --> 00:20:15.960 All right, gonna go to Will in Long Island. Before 372 00:20:15.960 --> 00:20:17.319 I do that, let me just say I got some 373 00:20:17.400 --> 00:20:19.400 open lines six one, seven, two, five, four to ten 374 00:20:19.480 --> 00:20:22.559 thirty six one seven, nine three one ten thirty, and 375 00:20:22.680 --> 00:20:24.880 you can give me open lines anything you'd like to 376 00:20:24.920 --> 00:20:27.920 talk about. Feel free. I would continue to talk about 377 00:20:27.960 --> 00:20:34.000 Waimo as well self driving autonomous vehicles. Will, I'll be interested. 378 00:20:34.400 --> 00:20:37.559 Have you experienced this? You're a fairly worldly guy. 379 00:20:39.119 --> 00:20:42.960 I actually would not get in something like that, although 380 00:20:43.000 --> 00:20:46.119 I have thought about it and had opportunities to do that. 381 00:20:46.200 --> 00:20:47.279 And there's a couple of reasons. 382 00:20:47.279 --> 00:20:48.559 Why tell me what it was? 383 00:20:48.599 --> 00:20:49.839 A couple of reasons, guy, Sure? 384 00:20:50.119 --> 00:20:52.400 One is I am well. 385 00:20:52.440 --> 00:20:54.720 I was an insurance guy for many years. I'm a 386 00:20:54.759 --> 00:20:57.799 defensive driver. I like to have control of my vehicle, 387 00:20:57.920 --> 00:21:00.799 not because I'm worried about necessarily the vehicle that I'm in, 388 00:21:00.880 --> 00:21:03.960 per se, but because of the other people driving around me. 389 00:21:04.279 --> 00:21:05.079 I drive in. 390 00:21:05.119 --> 00:21:08.119 New York, especially in the city, which is one of 391 00:21:08.200 --> 00:21:11.119 the worst places in the world to drive. I'm more 392 00:21:11.200 --> 00:21:14.240 concerned about being able to have control over my vehicle, 393 00:21:14.799 --> 00:21:17.039 looking in all my mirrors, knowing where all the danger 394 00:21:17.079 --> 00:21:20.559 is and what someone else might do by hitting my car. Right, 395 00:21:20.599 --> 00:21:22.920 and now I have no control. I can't speed up, 396 00:21:22.920 --> 00:21:24.880 I can't leave room in front of me when I break, 397 00:21:25.240 --> 00:21:28.359 somebody barreling down on me from behind. You know all 398 00:21:28.400 --> 00:21:30.599 of those things, right, So I need to be able 399 00:21:30.599 --> 00:21:33.680 to control the vehicle. When more people were in autonomous 400 00:21:33.720 --> 00:21:36.000 vehicles and I weren't other people driving on the road, 401 00:21:36.440 --> 00:21:38.599