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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWaymo cars stuck in intersection after massive power outage in San Francisco:
This seems like a huge safety issue during emergencies requiring the use of evacuation routes.
— AltStateGov (@altstategov.altgov.info) 2025-12-23T13:47:45.711Z
If the powrr goes out, there would be stalled cars in the road blocking traffic.
How was this not an issue prior to allowing them in the roads?
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Waymo cars stuck in intersection after massive power outage in San Francisco: (Original Post)
applegrove
9 hrs ago
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dalton99a
(91,830 posts)1. Kick
markodochartaigh
(4,904 posts)2. Wait!
The power can go out!?!?!?
How could the techbros ever have predicted that!
flvegan
(65,680 posts)3. Driverless taxis: an answer for a question nobody asked.
Designed by idiots, maintained by morons.
dickthegrouch
(4,257 posts)4. Someone's risk register was woefully inadequate
I wonder how many other experts werent consulted during the cobbling together of all these Abundant Iniquity tools and systems.