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A nightly Waymo robotaxi parking lot honkfest is waking San Francisco neighbors (www.theverge.com)
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[–] t3rmit3@beehaw.org 10 points 3 months ago (3 children)

My super white family is a honkfest. This is just whining because "robotaxis bad". The sirens here in SF are much worse than this.

[–] Drusas@kbin.run 30 points 3 months ago (1 children)

But when the lot starts to fill up (which “usually happens at 4AM or so,” according to Tung) what looks like a maddening ballet of autonomous parking — and honking — begins. The noise goes for as much as an hour at a time before it settles down, she said.

Did you read the article? Because that sounds really egregious.

[–] t3rmit3@beehaw.org 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yes, but that just describes the video if you're playing it up. Also, firetruck sirens go all night as well.

[–] el_abuelo@programming.dev 13 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Not continuously for an hour. I've lived opposite an ER and it wasn't as bad as whats described above. Much louder, but also much less frequent.

In the UK there are actually laws around not sounding your horn at night.

[–] Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 months ago

UK sirens aren't half as obnoxious as US sirens. US sirens are higher pitched and loud enough to given pedestrians hearing damage

[–] t3rmit3@beehaw.org 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

For several years I lived on O'Farrel Street, between Hyde and Leavenworth, which if you know SF is basically the middle of the biggest East-West Transit route in the city. There was literally a 24-hour "Owl" bus stop outside our front window. That was noisy, even for SF.

This is right in line with the other spots I've lived in the city (SoMa, avenues).

[–] Gaywallet@beehaw.org 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

This is right in line with the other spots I’ve lived in the city (SoMa, avenues).

This is definitely normal for SoMA but down at 2nd st is approaching the financial district which is usually a bit quieter at night. I can understand someone who's just not used to it, or used to living in noisy parts of the city being upset or surprised about it.

But also 2nd/folsom is right at the bridge on-ramp which I would imagine is getting a fair deal of freeway noise 🤷‍♀️

[–] t3rmit3@beehaw.org 2 points 3 months ago

Idk, this is firmly in the SoMa/ "East Cut". They just don't like robotaxis. :P

[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 10 points 3 months ago

Looking forward to the "Waymo robotaxis become silent killers stalking the night" headlines once the fix is implemented.

[–] Sauerkraut@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 3 months ago

US sirens are too high pitched. European sirens have a lower pitch which allows the sound to travel further which allows them to decrease the volume.