I've seen a Waymo block the Muni tracks before. When a train finally showed up a cop appeared in less than a minute. They didn't jump in the car but they did knock on the window and speak to a support rep. The rep was able to instruct the car to move forward and turn onto a side street. It then blocked the side street for a bit before eventually moving on.
While I'm not against self-driving taxis I have some serious concerns over how these cars will impact emergency response in an earthquake or fire if the cars become more prevalent.
A human drives a car into the Muni Metro tunnel pretty regularly. It makes the news for Waymo because of the novelty.
https://www.ktvu.com/news/cars-drive-in-munis-sunset-tunnel-...
They've all been intoxicated?
> I have some serious concerns over how these cars will impact emergency response in an earthquake or fire
More than meatbags?
The meatbags are panicky apes, but they know how to get out of they way.
I've personally seen more than once the meatbags confuse the accelerator for the brake.
Have you ever really watched an emergency vehicle try to get through a traffic clogged road.
The Meatbags most certainly do not now how to get out of the way.
Do you, by chance, live in NYC? That is the only place I have lived where the meatbags regularly do not get out of the way of sirens. In most other places, they make a great effort.
Nope.
This is true for everywhere I have lived in North America. Outside of NYC it isn't so much people not caring, as people not realizing that the siren is mostly to tell you to clear the way. A lot of people just take it to mean "stop where you are", when the actual intention is "move out of the way, then stop". I travel along a route near a hospital frequently, and it is incredibly common for people to be stopped in front of an ambulance, blocking the path, while the ambulance blasts their horn trying to get them to move out of the way.
If a meatbag comes upon a downed power pole, broken fire hydrant, fender bender, or sunken stretch of pavement they're usually pretty good about turning around or avoiding the obstacle. I haven't seen the same from these taxis yet.