San Francisco has found a nice new revenue stream: Hitting self-driving Waymos with traffic citations.
The city cited Waymo vehicles 589 times in 2024 for a grand total of $65,065 in penalties.
The violations ranged from blocking street traffic to parking in prohibited areas.
Waymo received 589 traffic citations in San Francisco alone in 2024.Justin Sullivan/Getty
They also may sometimes stop in commercial loading zones to drop off customers.
Waymo said last year that its vehicles have beencertified to respond correctlyto emergency vehicles and law enforcement.
At the very least, disruptions by Waymo have generated some revenue for the city of San Francisco.
Waymo is also testing its cars in regions with inclement weather including Buffalo, New York.
But public transit infrastructure is woefully lacking across much of the US, often not an option.
Elon Musk has gone all in onautonomy and roboticsas vehicle salescollapse at Tesla.
It turns out the last 20% of solving the self-driving problem was the hardest.
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