kersploosh@sh.itjust.works to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoArmed with traffic cones, protesters are immobilizing driverless carswww.npr.orgexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up183arrow-down17 cross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanstechnology@lemmy.worldhackernews@derp.foo
arrow-up176arrow-down1external-linkArmed with traffic cones, protesters are immobilizing driverless carswww.npr.orgkersploosh@sh.itjust.works to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square14fedilink cross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanstechnology@lemmy.worldhackernews@derp.foo
minus-squareEcho71Niner@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 year agoSafe Street Rebel just does not like it when Cruise and Waymo use their city as a testing ground, hilariously hindering their cars by a cone.
minus-squareWookie@artemis.camplinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoWaymo has started to use my neighborhood to park their cars and it’s causing traffic in a freakin residential street. I’ve been thinking of using tape and white paper to cover their cameras
minus-squareextant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoCan you draw a traffic cone in chalk on the road?
minus-square𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoWould the depth sensors not just ignore that lol
minus-square𝒍𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒏@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI thought as much, but started thinking about how the tech would handle it 😅
minus-squareextant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoAs the other guy pointed out it was a joke, but I’m also curious to see if it would work. I feel like if it’s close enough it would work.
Safe Street Rebel just does not like it when Cruise and Waymo use their city as a testing ground, hilariously hindering their cars by a cone.
Waymo has started to use my neighborhood to park their cars and it’s causing traffic in a freakin residential street. I’ve been thinking of using tape and white paper to cover their cameras
Can you draw a traffic cone in chalk on the road?
Would the depth sensors not just ignore that lol
I think they were going for a joke
I thought as much, but started thinking about how the tech would handle it 😅
As the other guy pointed out it was a joke, but I’m also curious to see if it would work. I feel like if it’s close enough it would work.