Self-Driving Cars

13 Aug 2024

Driverless Cars Expanding From San Francisco Streets To Nearby Cities

Autonomous vehicle technology has become synonymous with San Francisco. And their presence on city streets has been controversial to say the least. But now people in other cities are going to be blessed (or cursed depending on who you ask) by the future. Waymo has announced they are expanding their

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24 Jul 2024

Safe Street Rebel: The Guerrilla Network Keeping SF’s Streets Safe and Playful

There’s a quiet rebellion keeping our streets safe and full of shenanigans. You might be part of the network. If you’ve ever seen a video of someone “coning” a Waymo, you know Safe Street Rebel’s work. It’s a way to confuse a self-driving car by placing a rubber traffic cone

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08 Oct 2024

The November 2024 BAS Voter Guide

A Big Change to This Year’s Voter Guide We’ve been doing voter guides for a really long time. I’m pretty sure we put our first one out in like 2010 or something. And I know that thousands of you rely on our voter guides to help you make decision. But

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12 Sep 2023

Sinkhole Pops Up On Fillmore Street In Pacific Heights & Other Bay Area News

The Bay Area is a place with a lot going on and it’s easy to be overwhelmed by all the articles and talking heads. So I’ve done a quick summary of some of the most important shit happening in the Bay Area right now. Sinkhole Pops Up On Fillmore Street

Abraham Woodliff - Bay Area Memelord 0
20 Jun 2023

Why A Bunch Of Rich Techies Got Mad At Me On SF Twitter

If you read BAS, you may have seen my article, “It’s Time To Ban Self-Driving Cars In San Francisco.” For whatever reason, this piece pissed a lot of rich people off.  What rich people am I referring to? The rich people at GrowSF and their followers on Twitter.  If you

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07 Mar 2023

Self-Driving Car Almost Hits Pedestrian, So He Fights Back

“It cut me off in the crosswalk,” he said, gesturing toward the self-driving car. “This was an illegal left turn. So I’m going to annoy the robot. I like annoying robots.”

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11 Feb 2022

Self-Driving Cars Now Arguing About the Great Highway & JFK Drive

As San Francisco residents begin using the new Cruise self-driving car service, reports of strange robotaxi behavior are streaming into the SFMTA.

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13 Oct 2021

Self-Driving Cars Getting Stuck In The Richmond Because They Don’t Understand Dead Ends

You are probably seeing a lot of those Google-owned Waymo cars all over town these days, as they’re trying to figure out how to become fully autonomous, self-driving cars. But one tiny dead-end street in the Richmond District is seeing a lot of those Waymo cars, “up to 50” per

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12 Aug 2019

How Long Until Self-Driving Cars Become Mainstream…for Real?

We’ve been hearing stories about self-driving cars — both positive and negative — since Telsa premiered its autopilot feature in 2014. In the last five years, no one has quite managed to bring a fully autonomous car into being. How long will it be before we start seeing more self-driving

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