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WATCH: Driverless Cars Cause Traffic Jam in San Francisco in Malfunction
breitbart ^ | 03/13/23 | Joel Pollack

Posted on 08/13/2023 12:48:23 PM PDT by chief lee runamok

A group of about ten self-driving taxis became stuck in the San Francisco neighborhood of North Beach on Friday evening, causing a traffic jam just one day after regulators voted to allow driverless taxi companies virtual free rein in the city.

(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Miscellaneous; US: California; Unclassified
KEYWORDS: automotive; california; driverless; sanfrancisco
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1 posted on 08/13/2023 12:48:23 PM PDT by chief lee runamok
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To: chief lee runamok

Someone said “find the nearest bathroom” and all of them stopped in the middle of the street.


2 posted on 08/13/2023 12:54:11 PM PDT by Zathras
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To: chief lee runamok

LOL! Fools!


3 posted on 08/13/2023 12:55:31 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer ("There's no cryin' in baseball and there's no ethics in politics!" )
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To: chief lee runamok
At least if they are EVs they won't be polluting while stuck in their own traffic jam.


4 posted on 08/13/2023 12:57:36 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (We are proles, they are nobility.)
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To: chief lee runamok

The rider asked to be taken to the nearest fentanyl dealer and the poor vehicles couldn’t figure out how to visit one thousand destinations in the city simultaneously....

;-)


5 posted on 08/13/2023 12:57:49 PM PDT by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: chief lee runamok

It was obvious that was going to happen.


6 posted on 08/13/2023 12:59:18 PM PDT by George J. Jetso
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Best comment of the thread!


7 posted on 08/13/2023 1:02:22 PM PDT by llevrok (Pronouns: Me/myself/& I)
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To: chief lee runamok

This needs to be tested, and the testing will not be pretty. Driverless vehicles, done right, have the potential to reduce collisions and increase moderate inebriation. As for liability, just pay $200.00 a month to climb in and ride wherever you want. Your pre-planned parking spot awaits.


8 posted on 08/13/2023 1:03:41 PM PDT by Fester Chugabrew (Seriously.)
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To: chief lee runamok

Who didn’t see this coming?


9 posted on 08/13/2023 1:06:19 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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I saw people in San Francisco are putting orange traffic cones on these car’s hoods, shuts the car down due to inability to determine what the cone is and how to proceed.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jul/07/san-francisco-autonomous-cars-protest-cone

https://www.vice.com/en/article/bvjv48/week-of-cone-activist-group-is-protesting-driverless-cars-by-disabling-them-with-traffic-cones

10 posted on 08/13/2023 1:12:50 PM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting)
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Oh boy, a real opportunity to show some misogyny; programmed by women or Asians?
11 posted on 08/13/2023 1:17:42 PM PDT by Bernard ("No matter where you go, there you are." (Buckaroo Banzai))
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To: chief lee runamok
Here’s a top-down view of the unfortunate situation. What a mess!
Evidently San Francisco is a Level 11 city. I’m not quite sure what that means.


12 posted on 08/13/2023 1:18:01 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: chief lee runamok

Riders kept hopping in and swaying “Follow that cab” and they all got confused which one to follow.


13 posted on 08/13/2023 1:24:20 PM PDT by LeoTDB69
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To: chief lee runamok

Another fine mess!


14 posted on 08/13/2023 1:24:28 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: chief lee runamok

Just wait. The homeless in San Francisco have more ‘rights’ than anyone else. The homeless will begin to ‘occupy’ these cars, and wherever the car stops is now ‘home.’ The San Francisco Homeless Industrial Complex will ask for more and more $$$ (not for the homeless, just to keep the Complex going). Soon, instead of RVs parked everywhere, there will develop fields of these cars. When San Francisco placed thousands of homeless in hotels, the Complex actually arranged for alcohol and drugs to be delivered to them at the hotel.


15 posted on 08/13/2023 1:26:09 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Unless they all go full torch.


16 posted on 08/13/2023 1:26:44 PM PDT by Cold Heart
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To: chief lee runamok

Predictable...


17 posted on 08/13/2023 1:27:58 PM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: Cold Heart

Wouldn’t that be a sight to see!? One goes POOF!! and it spreads to all the other driverless EVs gridlocked in the driverless jam. Too bad for the passengers unable to get out.


18 posted on 08/13/2023 1:41:28 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (We are proles, they are nobility.)
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To: Lockbox

when orange traffic cones are outlawed, only outlaws will have orange traffic cones ...

of course, fascist states like San Fran will eventually have to outlaw ANYTHING and EVERYTHING that might “confuse” so-called self-driving cars, a list that could include hundreds of outlawed things ...


19 posted on 08/13/2023 1:55:58 PM PDT by catnipman (In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)
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To: chief lee runamok

I really want this driverless car thing to be successful, pushing 75 years old as I am. It would be a blessing for some of us. I think it never will succeed, though, sadly.


20 posted on 08/13/2023 2:00:17 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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