July 9, 2025 • 4 mins
Mendte in the Morning sent Natalie Migliore out on the street to talk to the people of NYC about the potential of self-driving taxis being brought in to NYC and how comfortable they would feel.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's seventen w oars Beat on the Street with Natalie Migliori.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
So would you get in a self driving taxi? They're
coming soon. You might have to make that choice, And
Natalie Magleori asks people on the streets and are Beat
on the Street. Good morning, Natalie, Yeah.
Speaker 3 (00:19):
Good morning, Larry. I mean that is the question of
the day. How do we like the idea of self
driving calves here in New York City? Waimo, a Google
owned robotaxi company, started testing rinds out in New York
City this week. They're even taking tax drives in Philadelphia.
So what do New Yorkers think about it?
Speaker 1 (00:41):
Self driving calves?
Speaker 4 (00:43):
Not with it?
Speaker 5 (00:43):
No, we kind of hold back the future.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
I mean, I think it's something that's going to happen.
Speaker 5 (00:47):
I'm just ready to think about it right now.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
So yeah, ifacture you get me to work faster right now,
I'd like it.
Speaker 4 (00:53):
Self driving caves in New York City is probably not
a good idea.
Speaker 5 (00:58):
I guess I'm just old and like this just seems
like ridiculous to me, and I don't see the point
of it at all.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
I don't know, I don't trust these AI stuff that's
on I don't know. I go up in an aeroweod
technology wasn't there like that, So now a self taxi,
I'm not sure about that now.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
It seemed to be similar. Answers all morning. New York
actually has a law that does not fully allow self
driving ride sharing services, so as WABOU lobbies to change
that law, there will be a person behind the wheel
while it's being tested out.
Speaker 4 (01:29):
When we look at all the stoff and go traffic
and we have all the pedestrians and you have children.
I was here the other day and there are a
bunch of tourists here riding bicycles and they've got their
little kids riding. It's just so much care that's needed.
Speaker 5 (01:43):
There's just too much going on, and nobody's paying attention
to anything but themselves. And I can't see how a
computer can handle that, because people die here because people
are behind cars, and they can't deal with it either.
So I just don't see it.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
I know I wouldn't take it. I don't know what
to tell everybody else but me, I wouldn't take it.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
All right now, WEIMO has been operating in several cities
across the country, including San Francisco, Austin and Phoenix, most
recently expanding into Atlanta before bringing test drives here. But
people say New York is really unlike any other city.
Speaker 4 (02:17):
Do they have all the stop and go It's a
little different California may I'm not sure, but it's a
lot different here. When you have so many people walking around,
it seems.
Speaker 5 (02:29):
Like it's fallible. It's not like a computer is going
to do something awesomely all the time. They don't, and
so it just seems unnecessary. I think it puts people
out of work in the end, not that driving a
cab is a wonderful thing, but it keeps people employed.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
You know, because it's taken away from the people who
actually want to drive the cab. You know, it's taken
away business.
Speaker 3 (02:48):
So WEIMO has a long road ahead of it if
it wants to get actual self driving cabs on the streets.
But if they do achieve it, would people get one
like people get in one if they did show up.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
I think it's momenttal. I mean I need to see somebody.
To not see nobody and see somebody's a big difference.
Speaker 4 (03:08):
I wouldn't want to put anyone's life at the risk.
And if I saw danger. How can I intercede in
one of those? How can I help?
Speaker 5 (03:15):
I want to drive. I like to drive.
Speaker 4 (03:18):
I like somebody to control, to be in control, too dangerous.
Speaker 5 (03:22):
Yeah, I don't usually take cabs anyway, so I'm just cheap.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
I knew this was going to happen too in the future,
because me and my cousin had a conversation about this
in the early nineties and we were kids. It was like, oh,
you know, they're going to actually have cars that was
going to be able to drive itself. Crazy. It's really
coming to life now.
Speaker 3 (03:39):
All right. Nearly thirty years after he had that conversation
with his cousin in the early nineties, Larry, it's coming true.
He must've had a crystal ball or then maybe went
to a World's fair. Who knows, but watch the gess.
I don't know what you get in one?
Speaker 2 (03:55):
Would?
Speaker 4 (03:55):
I know? Not?
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Right now?
Speaker 5 (03:57):
Why not?
Speaker 2 (03:58):
I don't know. It doesn't make any sense because statistically
they're safer than when you have a driver, But just
the fact that you're sitting there and there's no driver there,
I just can't do it. I don't know why. It
doesn't make any sense. I want to see what happens
when other people do it first.
Speaker 3 (04:14):
Yeah, we just don't want to be the first. Statistics
show only one hundred and thirty seven accidents, but that
depends on how many are on the road involving Waymo's
and that might not have even been weymo's faults so
far this year. So we'll have to see what happens
in New York, especially with someone behind the wheel. For now,
we'll see it.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
Would you get in one?
Speaker 3 (04:35):
I don't think so.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
There you go, Thanks so much, Natalie and Miglioi. Natalie
will be back tomorrow morning at eight point fifty
It's seventen w oars Beat on the Street with Natalie Migliori.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
So would you get in a self driving taxi? They're
coming soon. You might have to make that choice, And
Natalie Magleori asks people on the streets and are Beat
on the Street. Good morning, Natalie, Yeah.
Speaker 3 (00:19):
Good morning, Larry. I mean that is the question of
the day. How do we like the idea of self
driving calves here in New York City? Waimo, a Google
owned robotaxi company, started testing rinds out in New York
City this week. They're even taking tax drives in Philadelphia.
So what do New Yorkers think about it?
Speaker 1 (00:41):
Self driving calves?
Speaker 4 (00:43):
Not with it?
Speaker 5 (00:43):
No, we kind of hold back the future.
Speaker 1 (00:46):
I mean, I think it's something that's going to happen.
Speaker 5 (00:47):
I'm just ready to think about it right now.
Speaker 1 (00:50):
So yeah, ifacture you get me to work faster right now,
I'd like it.
Speaker 4 (00:53):
Self driving caves in New York City is probably not
a good idea.
Speaker 5 (00:58):
I guess I'm just old and like this just seems
like ridiculous to me, and I don't see the point
of it at all.
Speaker 1 (01:03):
I don't know, I don't trust these AI stuff that's
on I don't know. I go up in an aeroweod
technology wasn't there like that, So now a self taxi,
I'm not sure about that now.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
It seemed to be similar. Answers all morning. New York
actually has a law that does not fully allow self
driving ride sharing services, so as WABOU lobbies to change
that law, there will be a person behind the wheel
while it's being tested out.
Speaker 4 (01:29):
When we look at all the stoff and go traffic
and we have all the pedestrians and you have children.
I was here the other day and there are a
bunch of tourists here riding bicycles and they've got their
little kids riding. It's just so much care that's needed.
Speaker 5 (01:43):
There's just too much going on, and nobody's paying attention
to anything but themselves. And I can't see how a
computer can handle that, because people die here because people
are behind cars, and they can't deal with it either.
So I just don't see it.
Speaker 1 (01:55):
I know I wouldn't take it. I don't know what
to tell everybody else but me, I wouldn't take it.
Speaker 3 (02:01):
All right now, WEIMO has been operating in several cities
across the country, including San Francisco, Austin and Phoenix, most
recently expanding into Atlanta before bringing test drives here. But
people say New York is really unlike any other city.
Speaker 4 (02:17):
Do they have all the stop and go It's a
little different California may I'm not sure, but it's a
lot different here. When you have so many people walking around,
it seems.
Speaker 5 (02:29):
Like it's fallible. It's not like a computer is going
to do something awesomely all the time. They don't, and
so it just seems unnecessary. I think it puts people
out of work in the end, not that driving a
cab is a wonderful thing, but it keeps people employed.
Speaker 1 (02:42):
You know, because it's taken away from the people who
actually want to drive the cab. You know, it's taken
away business.
Speaker 3 (02:48):
So WEIMO has a long road ahead of it if
it wants to get actual self driving cabs on the streets.
But if they do achieve it, would people get one
like people get in one if they did show up.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
I think it's momenttal. I mean I need to see somebody.
To not see nobody and see somebody's a big difference.
Speaker 4 (03:08):
I wouldn't want to put anyone's life at the risk.
And if I saw danger. How can I intercede in
one of those? How can I help?
Speaker 5 (03:15):
I want to drive. I like to drive.
Speaker 4 (03:18):
I like somebody to control, to be in control, too dangerous.
Speaker 5 (03:22):
Yeah, I don't usually take cabs anyway, so I'm just cheap.
Speaker 1 (03:26):
I knew this was going to happen too in the future,
because me and my cousin had a conversation about this
in the early nineties and we were kids. It was like, oh,
you know, they're going to actually have cars that was
going to be able to drive itself. Crazy. It's really
coming to life now.
Speaker 3 (03:39):
All right. Nearly thirty years after he had that conversation
with his cousin in the early nineties, Larry, it's coming true.
He must've had a crystal ball or then maybe went
to a World's fair. Who knows, but watch the gess.
I don't know what you get in one?
Speaker 2 (03:55):
Would?
Speaker 4 (03:55):
I know? Not?
Speaker 2 (03:57):
Right now?
Speaker 5 (03:57):
Why not?
Speaker 2 (03:58):
I don't know. It doesn't make any sense because statistically
they're safer than when you have a driver, But just
the fact that you're sitting there and there's no driver there,
I just can't do it. I don't know why. It
doesn't make any sense. I want to see what happens
when other people do it first.
Speaker 3 (04:14):
Yeah, we just don't want to be the first. Statistics
show only one hundred and thirty seven accidents, but that
depends on how many are on the road involving Waymo's
and that might not have even been weymo's faults so
far this year. So we'll have to see what happens
in New York, especially with someone behind the wheel. For now,
we'll see it.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
Would you get in one?
Speaker 3 (04:35):
I don't think so.
Speaker 2 (04:36):
There you go, Thanks so much, Natalie and Miglioi. Natalie
will be back tomorrow morning at eight point fifty
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