{"id":8392,"date":"2021-10-15T15:39:36","date_gmt":"2021-10-15T15:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/TheNextWeb=1370040"},"modified":"2021-10-15T15:39:36","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T15:39:36","slug":"confused-waymo-robotaxis-keep-flooding-dead-end-street-in-san-francisco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonchiropracter.com\/?p=8392","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Confused\u2019 Waymo robotaxis keep flooding dead-end street in San Francisco"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Residents of an otherwise quiet neighborhood in San Francisco have been dealing lately with a very weird affliction: the constant buzzing of several Waymo vehicles crowding a dead-end street.<\/p>\n<p>The self-driving taxis are flooding the end of 15th Avenue, appearing rather \u201cconfused\u201d as they enter the area, residents told local news station <a href=\"https:\/\/sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com\/2021\/10\/14\/dead-end-sf-street-plagued-with-confused-waymo-cars-trying-to-turn-around-every-5-minutes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">KPIX<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>What the f is happening?<\/h3>\n<p><span>\u201cI noticed it while I was sleeping,\u201d said resident Jennifer King to the outlet. \u201cI awoke to a strange hum and I thought there was a spacecraft outside my bedroom window.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>But it\u2019s not just during the night, she further explained. They come during the entire day, drive towards the end of 15th Avenue, make some kind of multi-turn, and then head out the same way they came in.<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThere are some days where it can be up to 50,\u201d King added. \u201cIt\u2019s literally every five minutes.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-image post-mediaBleed aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1370058 js-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-15-at-16.30.29.png\" alt=\"Waymo 15th Avenue San Francisco\" width=\"681\" height=\"362\" sizes=\"(max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-15-at-16.30.29.png 1114w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-15-at-16.30.29-280x149.png 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-15-at-16.30.29-254x135.png 254w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-15-at-16.30.29-508x270.png 508w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-15-at-16.30.29-796x423.png 796w\"><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/confused-waymo-robotaxis-flood-dead-end-street-15th-avenue-san-francisco#\" data-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Feditorial.thenextweb.com%2Fshift%2F2021%2F10%2F15%2Fconfused-waymo-robotaxis-flood-dead-end-street-15th-avenue-san-francisco%2F&amp;via=thenextweb&amp;related=thenextweb&amp;text=Check out this picture on: Screenshot of the notorious 14th Avenue using Google\u2019s Street View. And, yep, the orange sign on the right says \u201cDEAD END.\u201d\" data-title=\"Share Screenshot of the notorious 14th Avenue using Google\u2019s Street View. And, yep, the orange sign on the right says \u201cDEAD END.\u201d on Twitter\" data-width=\"685\" data-height=\"500\" class=\"post-image-share popitup\" title=\"Share Screenshot of the notorious 14th Avenue using Google\u2019s Street View. And, yep, the orange sign on the right says \u201cDEAD END.\u201d on Twitter\"><i class=\"icon icon--inline icon--twitter--dark\"><\/i><\/a>Screenshot of the notorious 14th Avenue using Google\u2019s Street View. And, yep, the orange sign on the right says \u201cDEAD END.\u201d<\/figcaption><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-1370058\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-15-at-16.30.29.png\" alt=\"Waymo 15th Avenue San Francisco\" width=\"681\" height=\"362\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-15-at-16.30.29.png 1114w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-15-at-16.30.29-280x149.png 280w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-15-at-16.30.29-254x135.png 254w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-15-at-16.30.29-508x270.png 508w, https:\/\/cdn0.tnwcdn.com\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1\/files\/2021\/10\/Screen-Shot-2021-10-15-at-16.30.29-796x423.png 796w\"><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<p>Some of the other residents who spoke with KPIX find the situation very peculiar and annoying even.<\/p>\n<p>They are perplexed by the fact that the cars stop in a queue as if they\u2019re totally bewildered by the dead-end ahead. And besides, they find the frequency rather odd, given that the district falls under the city\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfmta.com\/projects\/slow-streets-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Slow Street Program<\/a>, which is designed to limit traffic on certain residential streets.<\/p>\n<h3>Have the Waymos taken over or simply lost it?<\/h3>\n<p>What we know for sure is that Waymo has been trialing its autonomous vehicles in San Francisco since 2008. But as we\u2019ve seen <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/watch-this-waymo-driverless-taxi-freak-out-and-cause-a-scene\">other instances of Alphabet\u2019s robotaxis freaking out<\/a>, the situation begs the question, what\u2019s going on?<\/p>\n<p>The residents did talk to the safety drivers looking for answers, but the employees said, \u201cthey\u2019re just doing their job.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an emailed statement to KPIX, a Waymo spokesperson said the following:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"9\">\n<p><span>We continually adjust to dynamic San Francisco road rules. In this case, cars traveling North of California on 15th Ave have to take a u-turn due to the presence of Slow Streets signage on Lake. So, the Waymo Driver was obeying the same road rules that any car is required to follow.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Yeah, although I doubt that any human driver would go all the way through a street with a dead-end\u2026 And this certainly doesn\u2019t look too good for Waymo, which has recently launched its <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.waymo.com\/2021\/08\/welcoming-our-first-riders-in-san.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">One Trusted Tester<\/a> program in San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>The program\u2019s all about attracting riders who will then share their feedback with the company, but since <a href=\"https:\/\/thenextweb.com\/news\/waymo-one-trusted-tester-launches-but-consumers-still-fearful-of-avs\">Americans are still scared to hop on a driverless taxi<\/a>, again, I doubt that instances like the 15th Avenue sightings will help ease those fears.<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the full news report here:<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><i>Do EVs excite your electrons? 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