
Episode 1585 • • 11:23 - 13:33
1585: Uptick
San Francisco Autonomous Vehicle Protests, Safe Street Rebel
Protesters in San Francisco, organized under the "Safe Street Rebel" group, have discovered that placing orange traffic cones on the hoods of Waymo and Cruise autonomous vehicles causes the cars to malfunction and stop. This "monkey business activism" follows reports of self-driving cars blocking emergency vehicles and fire trucks. Consequently, city officials have ordered Cruise to reduce its fleet size by half until safety concerns are addressed.
