You may say it's a conspiracy theory but Waymo is arriving in Toronto and we have this master plan to dismantle our bike lanes happening at the same time

[jimjoe_isback@mastodon.social]

@renata No you got way moooo lanes.

[jimjoe_isback@mastodon.social]

@renata I know, not funny. If it's any consideration, we have a beach town called Pismo.

[mechametachemical@kolektiva.social]

@crzwdjk @renata This absolutely has his grubby little fingers all over this. It's such an easy win for the right wing populist leader. It's like a one-page AI witten document and Step. 7 is "Go after bike lanes, and make sure to privatise as much public money as possible while you're at it."

[zed@mstdn.party]

@renata I never liked them, but I didn’t hate Waymo’s as an SF biker, because at first they respected all the laws, never drove nor parked in bike lanes, always signaled, and were easily predictable.

Sometime early 2024 is when they started intentionally making illegal maneuvers, and using bike lanes.

[afilina@phpc.social]

@renata Toronto drivers better get ready to have even more traffic problems. I've seen firsthand how these stupid things block traffic. How is that even legal?!

[squishberry@mastodon.world]

@Chigaze @renata
This is what happens when it's legal to buy politicians.

[kitsunevixi@sakurajima.social]

@renata@cosocial.ca Torrontonians need to riot against the waymos

[derderwish@social.chaotikum.org]

@renata
I hope you are prepared for these "funny" side effects, too:
https://youtu.be/Xvs0K1LG1ac

[sewblue@sfba.social]

@zed @renata If memory serves, they started patterning waymos after actual human drivers instead of strictly rule driven.

[spiegelmama@infosec.exchange]

@renata I realize you don't need any more convincing, but holy shit, waymo is a plague. Worst, to me, is that with all their cameras, they're traveling surveillance machines. That's why you always see them burning at big protests here - it's not random property destruction, it's self-defense.

[robho@mastodon.social]

@crzwdjk @renata can we somehow organize, once the bike lane is gone, so we're always in front of him in the car lane when he goes to work. Like someone is outside his home and signals people that he's leaving for work. Then cyclists are positioned along his route to pull in front of him and ride real slow.

[wanderinghuman@cosocial.ca]

@renata @digipooch And the Alberta government now.

[truenorthspice@mastodon.world]

@renata
I said this the morning the story broke so no you're not crazy

[kristinhenry@vis.social]

@renata They are a nuisance here in San Francisco. I've experienced them blocking the entrance to my Cancer Hospital when I arrive for an appointment, and they're still there when I leave.

I'm in survivor care now. But so many other patients aren't doing as well, and having the entrance blocked is an ordeal for many.

Not to mention their freezing when we had a black out. They just sat there, unable to make left turns without a functioning street light.

[cstamp@mastodon.social]

@Chigaze @renata So those who use them ARE as big an asshole has any who allows them on the street, as well as the company.

[scriptfanix@maly.io]

@derderwish Damn I would have torched these things... Self-defense.
@renata

[geodarcy@yeg.bike]

@Chigaze @renata It was recently changed but Waymo couldn’t get tickets in California. There may be other places where driverless vehicles cannot get a ticket.

Remember that these types of violations by AVs aren’t a momentary lack of judgement or attention but a design choice that was debated in meetings by multiple people

[womble@infosec.exchange]

@Chigaze @renata hitmen say that murder awareness is too high a bar, because customers want other people to be dead.

[controlc@mstdn.ca]

@renata It's bad, but I'm going to go with Doug and his late brother's love of trucks, and Doug's endless petty revenge schemes against Toronto. Sadly I've not seen Toronto opposing Waymo.

[krutonium@social.treehouse.systems]

@renata Honestly I'm sure that's part of it, but honestly it's also just Doug taking revenge on Toronto for being upset that his Brother was smoking crack in office and took steps to remove him from office as a result. Frankly it shouldn't be allowed for the Provincial Government to override the City like that.