Robotaxis frustrate sleepless residents with constant honking
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Robotaxis frustrate sleepless residents with constant honking
(Web Desk) - The world's only self-driving taxi company has been forced to fix a fleet of cars after residents complained about their constant honking.
Waymo's autonomous cars arrived in a car park in San Francisco, California, a few weeks ago, where they wait between jobs.
However, the cars were installed with an update that made them beep their horns whenever another car reversed close to them.
Christopher Cherry, who lives next to the car park, told Sky's US partner NBC Bay Area he was "really excited" to have Waymo in the neighbourhood when they moved in, thinking it would bring more security and quiet to the area.
Instead, the taxis beeped at each other right through the night as they parked or set off on a journey, making it hard to sleep.
"We started out with a couple of honks here and there, and then as more and more cars started to arrive, the situation got worse," Mr Cherry said.
"The cars are robotic and they're honking at each other and there's no one in the cars when it's happening, and that's absurd."
