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Cruise, News, Safety

NBC Bay Area Video – Are driverless cars ready to hit the road full time?

Bigad Shaban from NBC Bay Area investigates whether driverless cars are ready, just before the big CPUC vote on them on Aug 10th. The first ride went just fine. So for the second ride he brought along a long-time driving instructor to judge the abilities of the robotaxi. In the…

News Republisher
08/8/23
Rev 01/2/24

Cruise, News, Politics

SFGATE – Ex-SF Mayor Willie Brown blasts SF attacks on Cruise, Waymo, is on Cruise payroll

Article from SFGATE by Joshua Bote. Important because it confirms that former Mayor Willie Brown spoke out in favor of cruise because he has been a paid lobbyist for Cruise, since 2020!

News Republisher
08/7/23
Rev 01/2/24

Crash, Cruise, Safety, Untruths

Cruise encounters a turning semi-truck

Crash analysis: 8/7/23 Cruise crashed with a semi-truck on Stanyan St in San Francisco. Definitely not safe to try to overtake a truck that is clearly turning in front of you. Once again, the Cruise robotaxi stopped exactly in the wrong place and was damaged because of lack of defensive driving abilities.

Michael Smith
08/7/23
Rev 01/22/24

$$$, News, Politics, Untruths

48 Hills – The environmental case against robotaxis

See original article by Sue Vaughan on 48 Hills. They will further damage public transit—and they’re no help to people with disabilities. On August 7 and August 10, the five members of the California Public Utilities Commission will take up the proposal to permit an unlimited number of autonomous Cruise…

Sue Vaughan
08/6/23
Rev 01/13/24

$$$, Tesla

Ruthless Endangerment

Post by E.W. Niedermeyer, the author of Ludicrous. Makes the key statement: "Like Large Language Models, driving automation is a technology that draws us into a fantasy, thinking a vehicle “can drive itself” after a few minutes of plausible performance. "

E.W. Niedermeyer
08/1/23
Rev 03/6/24

Cones, Cruise, Untruths, Waymo

Stopping robotaxis with traffic cones

An interview with Safe Street Rebel about halting the expansion of Waymo and Cruise in San Francisco. This article is from Paris Marxs’ blog at https://disconnect.blog, where you can also find many other articles on the perils of technologies like robotaxis, and the technologists who foist them on our society.

Paris Marx
07/12/23
Rev 04/25/24

Cones, News

SF Standard – We Spoke to One of the Activists ‘Coning’ Cruise and Waymo Robotaxis in San Francisco

Article from the SF Standard by Kevin Truong. An interview with SafeStreetRebel to learn about the practice of “coning” robotaxis. Covers how it started, and why.

News Republisher
07/7/23
Rev 12/31/23

News, Untruths, Waymo

ABC 7 News – Journalist documents wild ride inside Waymo self-driving car in SF

ABC 7 reporter goes on a wild ride in a Waymo. It stops at a green light on a busy road. Then gets lost and tries to drop off passenger 5 minutes away from their destination. The subsequent try was no better. The journalist wishes that there was a driver to talk to in order to actually get to where they wanted to go.

News Republisher
06/29/23
Rev 10/2/24

$$$, News, Waymo

TechCrunch – Waymo retires its self-driving Chrysler Pacifica minivan

Useful history on Waymo vehicles

News Republisher
03/30/23
Rev 02/24/24

Crash, Cruise, Safety, Untruths

A Cruise somehow ran into a very large bus

Crash analysis: on 3/23/23 a Cruise vehicle crashed into the rear of an articulated Muni bus while traveling on Haight Street in San Francisco. Cruise claimed that the problem was due to poor speed prediction of the articulated bus, and that they fixed the problem via a software recall. But this analysis shows that they were not being truthful and that the danger might still exist.

Michael Smith
03/23/23
Rev 01/22/24

News, Safety, Tesla

Tesla’s Full Self-Driving Advocates And Opposition Agree That Full Self-Driving Will At Some Point Randomly Try To Kill You

See full original article and more at DawnProject.com Oh, and Tesla just released it to everyone in North America. With no fanfare, in the middle of the night before Thanksgiving day, when he knew journalists would be on holiday for the next four days, Elon Musk announced on Twitter that Tesla’s Full…

Dawn Project
11/28/22
Rev 01/9/24

News, Safety, Tesla

Safety Tests Reveal That Tesla Full Self-Driving Software Will Repeatedly Hit A Child Mannequin In A Stroller

See full original article and more at DawnProject.com The Dawn Project’s latest safety tests reveal that Tesla Full Self-Driving will hit a child mannequin in a stroller. The safety tests were conducted in a public parking lot by The Dawn Project in Santa Barbara, California in October 2022, using the…

Dawn Project
11/26/22
Rev 01/9/24

News, Safety, Tesla

Safety Tests Reveal That Tesla Full Self-Driving Software Will Drive Around Stopped School Buses With Their Stop Sign Arm Extended And Lights Flashing

See full original article and more at DawnProject.com The Dawn Project’s latest safety tests reveal that Tesla Full Self-Driving will repeatedly drive around stopped school buses with their stop sign arm extended and lights flashing, and fails to obey school zone speed limits. The safety tests were conducted on public…

Dawn Project
11/19/22
Rev 01/9/24

News, Safety, Tesla

New Dawn Project Safety Tests Reveal That Tesla Full Self-Driving Fails To Obey ‘Road Closed’ And ‘Do Not Enter’ Signs

See full original article and more at DawnProject.com New safety tests conducted by The Dawn Project reveal that Tesla Full Self-Driving does not obey ‘Road Closed’ and ‘Do Not Enter’ signs, and finds that Elon Musk’s Full Self-Driving software repeatedly ignores these important road safety signs. The safety tests were…

Dawn Project
11/11/22
Rev 01/9/24

News, Safety, Tesla

New Dawn Project Safety Tests Reveal Tesla FSD Still Runs Down Child-Sized Mannequins

See full original article and more at DawnProject.com New safety tests conducted by The Dawn Project reveal the dangers Tesla Full Self-Driving poses to child pedestrians, and finds that Elon Musk’s Full Self-Driving software repeatedly runs down child-sized mannequins in its path. The safety tests were conducted in Goleta, California…

Dawn Project
11/5/22
Rev 01/9/24