{"id":274674,"date":"2023-08-20T20:40:23","date_gmt":"2023-08-20T18:40:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=274674"},"modified":"2023-08-20T20:40:26","modified_gmt":"2023-08-20T18:40:26","slug":"road-to-nowhere-san-francisco-driverless-cars-cause-street-blockage-chaos-due-to-nearby-music-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=274674","title":{"rendered":"Road to nowhere: San Francisco driverless cars cause street blockage chaos \u2018due to nearby music\u00a0festival\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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August 14, 2023 by\u00a0oldbrew<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

H\/T LBC\u2019s World of Woke<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This wasn\u2019t an isolated incident. The city\u2019s fire department is not amused by errant no-go electric cars: \u2018not ready for prime time\u2019.<\/em>
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A controversial driverless car firm was blasted after around 10 of its autonomous vehicles broke down and blocked a San Francisco street,\u00a0reports the Daily Mail<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just a day after securing the green light to flood the streets of the crime-ridden city with even more of its Chevy Bolts, ten of\u00a0Cruise\u2019s cars<\/a>\u00a0suffered WiFi failures which brought a street in the North Beach district to a stand-still.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The firm thinks a nearby music festival may have overloaded telecommunications networks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A woman who filmed the drama could be heard claiming 10 of the hatchbacks had stopped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Six were visible in footage she shared online, blocking the intersection of Grant Avenue and Vallejo Street, KRON reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A spokesperson from Cruise attributed the unexpected stoppage to \u2018wireless connectivity issues\u2019 stemming from the commencement of Outside Lands, a three-day music festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They didn\u2019t explain further, although big events are known to cause network connection problems as telecoms companies buckle under the weight of a sudden spike in local usage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The San Francisco Fire Department also voiced its strong disagreement with the expansion, pointing out the potential dangers and disruptions caused by the vehicles on local streets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2018The San Francisco Fire Department is not against modernization and new technologies but, any vehicle that endangers the people of the City and puts its visitors in danger and would put its passengers between a fire engine and a fire is not ready for prime time,\u2019 the statement concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This wasn\u2019t an isolated incident. 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