Just one day after state officials approved massive robotaxi expansion in San Francisco, a long line of the driverless cars come to a standstill and clog traffic in North Beach neighborhood.

    • flyoverstate
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      91 year ago

      protesting the deregulation of their industry
      protesting how criminal exploitative companies are risking their profession

      gee yeah, side with the morally bankrupt corporations

    • @LethalSmack
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      11 year ago

      In a way it has. The fleet of robotaxis blocked traffic due to their low cell service and now the company responsible is washing their hands clean by saying it’s not our problem, it’s the lack of cell service!

      So, if at any point, they get less than optimal signal then they’ll put the grid in a deadlock?

      Sounds even worse than people protesting to earn a living and get equal treatment

      • FaceDeer
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        01 year ago

        I’m just pointing out that the “stopped taxis collectively fouling up traffic” is not unique to robotaxis, and that the human-driven taxis can be worse in that regard in some instances (one of the situations I linked went on for weeks, the one this article is about went on for fifteen minutes).

        • @[email protected]
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          11 year ago

          But one of those stoppages is for the purpose of improving the lives of working class people, and in particular involves humans who can communicate with first responders. It’s constructive. Those people’s children won’t live in poverty

          The other is a side effect of a shoddy product, one which only operates because it corruptly evaded regulatory consequences for its shoddiness. The stoppage was only intended in the sense that cutting corners is the reason the product is on the market; otherwise it serves no specific purpose

          It’s true that the robotaxi fuck up is bad and the protest is less bad or good, but fundamentally they’re not even the same type of thing