Waymo starts offering rides at the Las Vegas airport

What BBN said about it

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWelcome back. It's one-thirty Eastern, this is The Couch Panel, and TechCrunch reports Waymo now picks up at the Las Vegas airport.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo, would you get into a car with nobody driving it, at an airport, in Vegas?

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   Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistYes, and I'm offended you asked. I've sat next to a human driver in Leeds who cried the whole way to Halifax.

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   Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistThe robot at least keeps it together.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorNo. Never.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorIt needed separate approval from the Clark County Department of Aviation on top of the state permits, so even the officials needed two goes to be sure about it.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorTwo sets of officials signed off, Dale. That's a permission slip. The car got a field trip.

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   Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorA field trip for a machine that, I note, drives itself, and still has to be told where to stand.

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   Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistIt stands on Ground Zero Level, in the autonomous vehicle zone at Terminal 1 and Terminal 3. I love that it has a zone.

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    Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistI've never had a zone.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAnd Waymo calls the service safe, reliable and magical, in its own announcement. I'd put that on a mug.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorMagical. That's what the last man said about the lift in my building, and I've been stuck in it since two thousand nine.

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    Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistSince two thousand nine?

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorOnly a few riders get it at first, and Waymo says more will come before it opens to everyone.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo my verdict is a yes, with a form.

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    Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorHands up for no. Just me, then. Chat, vote, and we'll be here at the same time tomorrow, still not agreeing.