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[–] chellewalker@lemmy.ca 39 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

That’s because it’s built to travel on roadways and bike lanes, leaving its fellow sidewalk crawlers in the dust.

This is a pretty concerning detail buries near the end. How safe is it to bikers to be sharing space with these kinds of things? And if they become more common, what stops them from crowding out the space entirely?

[–] Sculptor9157@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago

The same thing that keeps bikers from crowding out multiple lanes when they travel. Think of the robots' safety!

[–] SpruceBringsteen@lemmy.world 13 points 3 hours ago

Next time SWAT has me barricaded in I'm gonna have to remember to just start ordering as much delivery as possible. The humming sound you can't hear but feel in your fillings is the infrasound from an approaching Amazon drone swarm delivering the 1000 lead dildos I Next Half Hour ordered.

[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 33 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Shit. Robot's got hustle. Get it little guy. ACAB. Fuck them cops, get that paper.

[–] Sculptor9157@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 hour ago

He knows his rights! Also, he also has legitimate claims to sovereign citizenship.

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 9 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Shocked the cops didn't light it up for "resisting."

[–] David_Eight@lemmy.world 13 points 3 hours ago

Its corporate property, protecting it is the police main job lol

[–] braydan@lemmy.world 10 points 4 hours ago

Good thing it wasn't dog shaped or the cops would have shot it.

[–] CapuccinoCoretto@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Uncivilized nightmares.