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San Francisco’s Self-Driving Cars

Photo: Andrej Sokolow/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images
Photo: Andrej Sokolow/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images (AP)

Waymo and Cruise are two of the many cursed organizations that make self-driving cars. Earlier this year, they got permission from the city of San Francisco to run their autonomous taxis through the city streets 24 hours a day. It was a fiasco that saw accidents, traffic jams, people having sex in the back of the cars, and a host of other issues. There was also an ongoing protest in which people realized they could cripple the cars by putting traffic cones on their hoods. After weeks of humiliation, Cruise got its permit revoked because — surprise — it turns out their cars are dangerous. One of Cruise’s taxis dragged a pedestrian through the street. Whoops!