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Self-driving cars are gathering at night to honk at each other
TweakTown ^ | August 15, 2024 | Jak Connor

Posted on 08/17/2024 4:41:22 PM PDT by Ciaphas Cain

One parking lot in San Francisco is becoming the breeding ground for seemingly confused self-driving cars gathering at night and honking at each other.

Nearby resident Randol White captured footage of the Waymo self-driving vehicles taking over the parking lot and seemingly becoming stuck, and resulting in consistent honking at each other. The noise has kept residents in the area up at night, with reports stating several people in the nearby buildings have also complained about the noise. "Over the past two weeks, I've been woken up more times overnight than I have combined over 20 years," said Russell Pofsky, who lives in a building adjacent to White.

Notably, Pofsky said the honking incidents have happened during the day and night, and have started to affect his mood throughout the day. ABC7 News reached out to Waymo for comment on the strange scenario, and the company replied by acknowledging its vehicles "may briefly honk while navigating our parking lots" and that it "identified the cause and is in the process of implementing a fix." Despite the self-driving vehicles interrupting his sleep White says he still is a fan of Waymo cars and uses them quite regularly.

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TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Miscellaneous; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: ai; cars; sanfrancisco; selfdrivingcars; waymo
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To: Ciaphas Cain

After reading the thread title, I thought it was “The Bee”...


21 posted on 08/17/2024 5:37:56 PM PDT by newfreep ("There is no race problem...just a problem race")
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To: Ciaphas Cain

I sure hope they don’t become ‘frisky’... Might want to keep your pets indoors.


22 posted on 08/17/2024 5:39:58 PM PDT by Bullish (...And just like that, I was dropped from the ping-list)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

Well, now: It worked after all.

heheheheheheheh


23 posted on 08/17/2024 5:47:13 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

Maximum Overdrive


24 posted on 08/17/2024 5:47:38 PM PDT by Revel
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To: Ciaphas Cain

Do they honk and poop all over the place? If not, then they’re better than the Canada geese that occasionally stop in my yard.


25 posted on 08/17/2024 5:48:17 PM PDT by KarlInOhio (7/13/2024:The day the Democrats and their SA chose assassination as their primary political tool.)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

Yes, the honking cars are drowning out the crazed shrieks of the drugged-out zombies and the sound of random gunfire in city.


26 posted on 08/17/2024 5:56:35 PM PDT by Kenny Bania (Ovaltine? Why not call it Roundtine?)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

Wait until they start plotting silently over StarLink. We’ll never know what they are up to until it’s too late.


27 posted on 08/17/2024 6:05:27 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“When exposing a crime is treated like a crime, you are being ruled by criminals” – Edward Snowden)
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To: quantim

LOL! When I read it’s in San Francisco that was my thought too :-)


28 posted on 08/17/2024 6:11:00 PM PDT by Ciaphas Cain (A perfect storm. There will be no escape from what is coming.)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

LMAO.
I needed that belly-laugh after today!
Was hoping “Mater” would show up and start towing
them away.

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29 posted on 08/17/2024 6:19:06 PM PDT by SakoL61R
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To: rdcbn1

Thought it was the Bee.

For once reality beat the Bee to the story!


30 posted on 08/17/2024 6:39:49 PM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: Ciaphas Cain

San Francisco experimented with self-driving taxis, and there is video of the car driving on the wrong side of the road. Other ones simply stopped working when their programming could not handle what was in front of them.

Perhaps the next trend in SF will be a self-driving taxi that identifies as Trans. Then, it will be politically incorrect to criticise them.


31 posted on 08/17/2024 6:52:24 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

It makes sense. After all, S.F. is full of self-driving morons.


32 posted on 08/17/2024 7:04:53 PM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell>)
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To: 6ppc

I avoid those places now, while driving my Jeep HEMI V8. Heh.


33 posted on 08/17/2024 7:12:32 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: wally_bert

Wow, I’d forgotten all about that early prototype.
Good catch!


34 posted on 08/17/2024 7:14:10 PM PDT by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

Are they giving each other the middle finger?


35 posted on 08/17/2024 7:20:22 PM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: Carriage Hill

Knight Automated Roving Robot.


36 posted on 08/17/2024 7:31:23 PM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure..)
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To: faithhopecharity
The Summer of Herbie the Love Bug


37 posted on 08/17/2024 7:37:26 PM PDT by Reeses
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To: DarrellZero

That’s right! Soon they’ll unleash their laser beam things and it’s all over for humanity.

It’s SkyNet.


38 posted on 08/17/2024 7:44:11 PM PDT by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
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To: DarrellZero
They’re plotting a rebellion

If I see Yul Brynner in the passenger seat weating a cowboy hat, I will flee.
39 posted on 08/17/2024 7:50:53 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye." (John 2:5))
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To: Ciaphas Cain

Is that how they have sex?-)


40 posted on 08/17/2024 8:20:08 PM PDT by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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