Exploring the 'Week of Cone' Protest Against Self-Driving Cars

For most of us, autonomous vehicles are this nebulous concept that might appear some time in our future, but there are other people living with this reality today - whether they like it or not. In this episode, I talk to Jon from the Twitch channel Bike Curious about what it's like to live in San Francisco, where autonomous vehicles are around you every single day and there's nothing you can do about it - except put a traffic cone on their hood.

Driverless car startup Cruise's no good, terrible year

https://www.npr.org/2023/12/30/1222083720/driverless-cars-gm-cruise-waymo-san-francisco-accidents

Driverless Car Gets Stuck in Wet Concrete in San Francisco

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/17/us/driverless-car-accident-sf.html

Waymo robotaxi accident with San Francisco cyclist draws regulatory review

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/driverless-waymo-car-hits-cyclist-san-francisco-causes-minor-scratches-2024-02-07/

Dead-End SF Street Plagued With Confused Waymo Cars Trying To Turn Around 'Every 5 Minutes'

https://www.cbsnews.com/sanfrancisco/news/dead-end-sf-street-plagued-with-confused-waymo-cars-trying-to-turn-around-every-5-minutes/

Cruise vehicle gets stuck in wet concrete while driving in San Francisco

https://www.sfgate.com/tech/article/cruise-stuck-wet-concrete-sf-18297946.php

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