This happened during street festivities for lunar new year, so a lot of people are connecting the dots. They don’t mention that the car was aggressively trying to drive through a crowd, but it seems like it was trying to make its way through a crowd.
Multiple witnesses said Waymo’s navigation technology became confused by festivities and fireworks that were lit to celebrate the Lunar New Year. Witness Anirudh Koul said the driverless car “got stuck immediately in front.”
Another witness said the car’s presence in the middle of Chinatown’s celebrations triggered frustrations in the crowd. “You could feel the frustration when people were just trying to celebrate,” she told KRON4.
I didn’t say they’d torch you. The scenario can include them graciously allowing you to depart your car before they burn it to the ground.
Seriously, you think it’s reasonable for a mob to destroy a car because its presence “triggered frustrations in the crowd”? Bear in mind this isn’t France we’re talking about, where torching cars to express frustration is part of the common culture. This is San Francisco.
I think it’s reasonable for a mob to destroy one of the many self-driving cars that have been pissing off San Francisco residents for a very long time now when it tries to drive into them during a big celebration where cars weren’t even supposed to be.
Alright, so you’re fine with mobs destroying the property of anyone that “pisses them off.” I’d say that’s a slippery slope, but you’re already basically at the bottom.
“They were putting out some rage for really no reason at all. They just wanted to vandalize something, and they did,” witness Edwin Carungay told KGO-TV.
The witness told the outlet the Waymo was vandalized and set on fire by a big group of people.
“One young man jumped on the hood, and on the windshield.,” Carungay told KGO. “That kind of started the whole melee.”
Ask yourself, this is a Chinese new year celebration, a street party. Why is there a driverless car in the middle of a street party?
All the media reports start with a driverless car in the middle of a street party, surrounded by really angry people. Why was the car there? Why are they angry at it?
Where is that quote from? I didnt see it in the article
This happened during street festivities for lunar new year, so a lot of people are connecting the dots. They don’t mention that the car was aggressively trying to drive through a crowd, but it seems like it was trying to make its way through a crowd.
https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/why-did-a-san-francisco-crowd-light-waymos-driverless-vehicle-on-fire/
So the car’s presence was annoying them. That’s not exactly a great justification for torching it.
The car shouldn’t have been present in the first place. It wasn’t a place for cars to be at that moment.
Was the road officially closed?
A funny thing about life is a lot of things happen unofficially, and humans do fine at adjusting to such situations.
Plenty of humans also accidently wander into places they’re officially not allowed to be in, much less unofficially.
I only wander into places I am not allowed on purpose.
It was the Chinatown Lunar New Year’s celebration. What do you think?
I don’t believe it was, based on the other cars present in the videos.
And were the “violators will be set on fire” signs posted?
What do you expect to happen if you park in the middle of a fireworks show?
I didn’t realize that a “fireworks show” meant “showing how fire works (by burning down any cars that happen to be present).”
They always have fireworks in Chinatown on Chinese New Year. No human would be dumb enough to park there.
Do you need a sign for every decision you make?
If you were to turn down the wrong street, maybe park in the wrong spot, you’d consider it reasonable if a mob torched it?
I’m pretty sure I’m not a self-driving car. I’m also pretty sure if I saw a big crowd of people, I wouldn’t keep driving forward.
Crap self-driving cars are now self aware, posting on the Internet, and think they are human. Everybody grab a torch
I didn’t say they’d torch you. The scenario can include them graciously allowing you to depart your car before they burn it to the ground.
Seriously, you think it’s reasonable for a mob to destroy a car because its presence “triggered frustrations in the crowd”? Bear in mind this isn’t France we’re talking about, where torching cars to express frustration is part of the common culture. This is San Francisco.
I think it’s reasonable for a mob to destroy one of the many self-driving cars that have been pissing off San Francisco residents for a very long time now when it tries to drive into them during a big celebration where cars weren’t even supposed to be.
Who got hurt here? Waymo? Fuck Waymo.
Waymo’s insurance company anyway. And Waymo’s reputation.
Alright, so you’re fine with mobs destroying the property of anyone that “pisses them off.” I’d say that’s a slippery slope, but you’re already basically at the bottom.
Found the driverless car.
Found the irrational mob.
Two driverless cars in one thread! As I live and breathe!
Maybe the driverless cars were the friends we made along the way…
Shut up, CarGPT.
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Seems like the witnesses saw it differently.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/02/12/waymo-set-on-fire-sf/72567647007/
From the original social media video.
Ask yourself, this is a Chinese new year celebration, a street party. Why is there a driverless car in the middle of a street party?
All the media reports start with a driverless car in the middle of a street party, surrounded by really angry people. Why was the car there? Why are they angry at it?