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After a Big Lobbying Push, Robotaxi Companies Are Wreaking Havoc on San Francisco’s Streets

jacobin.com After a Big Lobbying Push, Robotaxi Companies Are Wreaking Havoc on San Francisco’s Streets

Driverless taxi companies Waymo and Cruise have long track records of crashes, near misses, and interfering with emergency personnel. But after spending nearly $2 million on lobbying in California, the robotaxis have been given free rein in San Francisco.

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- I'd say the vehicle not continuing to drive with a traffic cone on its hood is the exact way it should operate.
  But putting a cone on its hood should be a crime. Vandalism or obstruction of some flavor.
  
  @rgb3x3 @raccoonanongrata "Vandalism, n, action involving deliberate destruction of or damage to public or private property."
  Obstruction as a crime means "an act that involves unduly influencing, impeding, or otherwise interfering with the justice system".
  
  But putting a cone on its hood should be a crime.
  What a wild take. "Ah yes, we should be protecting capital at all costs."
  A traffic cone is not damaging the property, or hurting anyone. It just damages their bottom line a little bit.
  It's not even like the car is personal property, someone's only mode of transportation. And if it were, it wouldn't matter, because a human can just remove a cone.
  I find it hilarious and unhinged that people will genuinely suggest that something as minor as placing a traffic cone on the hood of a robotaxi should be criminalized.