Two teens learn the hard way not to do toy gun drive-bys from a Waymo

两名青少年因在 Waymo 自动驾驶出租车上进行“玩具枪扫射”而付出惨痛代价

Two California teens have learned that Waymo’s robotaxis can and will enforce their rider rules on misbehaving passengers. It probably seemed like a marvelous jape—ride around in the back of a robotaxi getting drunk and doing drive-bys, shooting stuff with gel beads. And perhaps it was, until that robotaxi and Waymo worked out what was going on.

两名加州青少年深刻体会到，Waymo 的自动驾驶出租车不仅能够，而且确实会针对违规乘客执行乘车规则。这在他们看来可能是一场绝妙的恶作剧——坐在自动驾驶出租车的后座上，一边喝酒，一边进行“驾车扫射”，用凝胶珠射击路人。或许在他们看来确实如此，直到这辆自动驾驶出租车和 Waymo 后台察觉到了异常。

Waymo then stopped the car and alerted the San Mateo Police, who showed up and detained the troublemakers, according to a post on the department’s Facebook page. “After calling us and stopping the car, we were able to safely remove both subjects and determined they were shooting Orbeez from the car as they sipped on afternoon libations while being chauffeured around town in the driverless vehicle,” the police wrote.

根据圣马特奥（San Mateo）警察局在其 Facebook 页面上发布的帖子，Waymo 随后让车辆停下并通知了警方，警察赶到现场并拘留了这两名捣乱者。警方写道：“在接到报警并让车辆停下后，我们安全地将两名当事人带离。经调查确认，他们在乘坐这辆无人驾驶汽车在城里兜风时，一边喝着午后饮品，一边从车内发射 Orbeez（凝胶珠）。”

This isn’t the first instance of a Waymo robotaxi snitching on misbehaving passengers. According to Reddit, last year two men in Los Angeles were reported to the police for drinking inside a robotaxi. Obviously, 15-year-olds and alcohol are an illegal combination from the get-go. As for adult taxi passengers, in California they are not subject to the state’s open container laws that otherwise ban occupants of a vehicle from consuming alcohol while in motion. Interestingly, ride-hailing passengers get no such dispensation. But Waymo’s rules are quite clear: No drug or alcohol use is allowed inside its robotaxis, “regardless of whether permitted by local law.”

这并非 Waymo 自动驾驶出租车首次“举报”违规乘客。据 Reddit 网友称，去年在洛杉矶，有两名男子因在自动驾驶出租车内饮酒而被举报给警方。显然，15 岁青少年与酒精的组合从一开始就是违法的。至于成年出租车乘客，在加州，他们不受该州“禁止车辆行驶中饮酒”的开瓶法限制。有趣的是，网约车乘客并没有这种豁免权。但 Waymo 的规则非常明确：严禁在自动驾驶出租车内使用毒品或酒精，“无论当地法律是否允许”。

Then again, the two teens broke a few of Waymo’s other rules, too. For one thing, unless you’re 18 or older, you’re supposed to be accompanied by an adult. You’re also not allowed to throw anything from the car—which presumably includes shooting toy guns out the window—and weapons are also not allowed. And while the teens might have known their weapon was only a SplatRBall gel bead shooter inexpertly painted black, it obviously looked enough like a real gun when seen via the robotaxi’s internal cameras to set off alarms. (Waymo says it may review in-car video under certain circumstances and that “in more urgent circumstances, Support may access live video during a trip,” so there is no presumption of privacy while riding in one.)

此外，这两名青少年还违反了 Waymo 的其他几项规定。首先，除非年满 18 岁，否则必须有成年人陪同。其次，严禁从车内向外投掷任何物品——这显然包括从窗户射击玩具枪——且严禁携带武器。虽然这两名青少年可能知道他们的“武器”只是一把被拙劣地涂成黑色的 SplatRBall 凝胶珠发射器，但在自动驾驶出租车的内部摄像头看来，它显然看起来足够像真枪，从而触发了警报。（Waymo 表示，在特定情况下可能会查看车内视频，并且“在更紧急的情况下，支持团队可能会在行程中访问实时视频”，因此在乘坐此类车辆时不存在隐私保障。）

Indeed, as the police noted, “While there was some ingenuity to this scheme, toy guns, water guns, and BB guns all pose real dangers, especially to an untrained eye. The simple handling of them can cause fear in passerby’s or to those who don’t get a good look. Shooting projectiles at speed can cause real damage. And lets not forget the underage drinking. All bad ideas today for these two.” However, the department did hand it to the teens for at least avoiding a DUI.

正如警方所指出的：“虽然这个计划有些‘小聪明’，但玩具枪、水枪和 BB 弹枪都会带来真正的危险，尤其是在未经训练的人眼中。简单地摆弄它们就可能引起路人或未看清者的恐慌。高速射击弹丸可能会造成真正的伤害。别忘了还有未成年人饮酒。对这两个人来说，今天所做的一切都是糟糕的主意。”不过，警方也承认，这两名青少年至少避免了酒驾（DUI）。