Cruise, Waymo pan TikTok of people disabling cars with cones

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'This is vandalism.' Autonomous vehicle companies are slamming a group of San Francisco safe-street advocates who posted a viral TikTok video of them disabling robotaxis by placing cones on top of their hoods.

Autonomous vehicle companies are slamming a group of San Francisco safe-street advocates who, earlier this week, posted a viral TikTok video of them disabling self-driving vehicles by placing cones on top of their hoods.

A group of San Franciscans realized that they can disable Waymo and Cruise robotaxis by placing a traffic cone on the vehicle's hood. Waymo and Cruise both dismissed the user’s accusations and the cone maneuver's effectiveness and legality. Ex // Top Stories How Detroit indie group Bonny Doon captures California sound The indie pop group Bonny Doon will play at Swedish American Hall on Thursday after surviving years of adversity

“Cruise’s fleet provides free rides to late-night service workers without more reliable transportation options, has delivered over two million meals to food insecure San Franciscans, and recovers food waste from local businesses,” she said. “Intentionally obstructing vehicles gets in the way of those efforts and risks creating traffic congestion for local residents.”

But both companies maintain that their vehicles are safe for those inside the cars and the people around them. Lindow cited that no one has died or suffered a life-threatening injury from Cruise vehicles, and their cars were involved in fewer collisions than human-driven cars.

 

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