
I’ve had a couple of inquiries about these gizmos — the official legal term is “personal delivery device” — so I wanted to finally assemble updated (the current AZ law is from 2020) info, go here.
In brief: these are able to be fully autonomously guided (driven?), can use sidewalks and streets with certain restrictions: max speed being the most obvious.
My thought on safety is these would be a net positive in that they have very little chance of causing a serious injury to anybody, compared to a vehicle. We’ve seen first hand what gig working food deliver drivers can do. Continue reading “Doordash Dot and Polar Labs’ Personal Delivery Device”