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

[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.

[molytov@infosec.exchange]

@grumble209 @renata They can't even handle a traffic cone being placed on the hood.

Also worth mentioning that molotov cocktails are usually not the best idea.

[nerde@beige.party]

@Chigaze @renata
But with AI all Waymo has to do is vibe code bike lane awareness, right?

[dannotdaniel@hellions.cloud]

@datarama @Chigaze @renata Wayless

[mastodonmigration@mastodon.online]

@renata

This things are a scourge. If you can, keep them out of your town or city.

[dariozanette@mastodon.uno]

@renata

Maybe @notjustbikes has something to say.

[jargoggles@kolektiva.social]

@Chigaze
@renata
Ford told child death critics that even slightly shorter hoods is "too high a bar" because customers want to feel like big manly men.

[tassiedi@urbanists.social]

@renata Who owns Waymo?

[thematic@mastodon.green]

@renata How many strikes before we just ban automobiles in cities, because this would certainly be one.