Robotaxi haters in San Francisco are disabling the AVs with traffic cones
WEBJul 6, 2023 · A decentralized group of safe streets activists in San Francisco realized they can disable Cruise and Waymo robotaxis by placing a traffic cone on a vehicle’s hood, and they’re encouraging others...
San Francisco autonomous vehicles are being disabled by traffic cones …
WEBJul 11, 2023 · Safe Street Rebel, the group behind the stunt, unleashed the cones last week ahead of a vote scheduled for Thursday by the California Public Utilities Commission that could allow Cruise and...
How robotaxis are dividing San Francisco - BBC
WEBAug 27, 2023 · Over the summer a campaign group has begun to disable the cars, by putting cones on their bonnets. Safe Street Rebel describes what it does as "coning" and some of its videos have gone viral.
Armed with traffic cones, protesters are immobilizing driverless cars
WEBAug 26, 2023 · All it takes to render the technology-packed self-driving car inoperable is a traffic cone. If all goes according to plan, it will stay there, frozen, until someone comes and removes it.
Robotaxis celebrate major victory in California by blocking traffic ...
WEBAug 15, 2023 · Robotaxi companies like Waymo and Cruise scored a major victory in California but risk backlash if they don’t work harder to avoid blocking emergency vehicles and inconveniencing city residents.
Cruise and Waymo robotaxis sabotaged with traffic cones in San ...
WEBJul 10, 2023 · Activist group Safe Street Rebel is campaigning against the expansion of autonomous taxi services from two companies, Waymo and Cruise, and discovered a simple way to stump the cars.
Protesters, armed with traffic cones, are immobilizing driverless cars
WEBAug 28, 2023 · Self-driving cars are everywhere in San Francisco. Some opponents are fighting back by using traffic cones to disable the robo-taxis.
How the orange cone symbolizes opposition to the robotaxi
WEBAug 29, 2023 · A select group of protestors in the San Francisco Bay area are demobilizing robotaxi EVs operated by companies like Waymo and Cruise by placing orange construction cones over their sensors.
The Fight Against Robotaxis in San Francisco - The Atlantic
WEBAug 9, 2023 · After realizing that placing a simple orange cone on the hood seemed to paralyze a state-of-the-art autonomous vehicle, Safe Street Rebel posted a TikTok video encouraging San Francisco residents...
Driverless taxis are being sabotaged by San Francisco residents with cones
WEBJul 14, 2023 · Robotaxis face their moment of truth. Some people in San Francisco say they're tired of being used as guinea pigs for self-driving cars — even to the point of sabotage — as the technology faces renewed scrutiny ahead of a key regulatory decision.