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August 20, 2024

Self-driving cars have offered both benefits and headaches since their widely accepted use over the past few years. Unfortunately for the technology, this latest story would fall under the latter.

San Francisco residents claim a cluster of Waymo self-driving taxis gather in a parking lot in the early morning hours and are excessively honking at one another. According to the company, the honking is due to a feature meant to prevent slow-moving crashes, which apparently works great when one autonomous car is trying to squeeze into a parking space between two other autonomous cars. However, the people in the area probably would argue it’s not so great. 

A flock of geese is one thing, but you can’t scare off a gaggle of cars that don’t have a driver. 

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