A standard sheet of paper, bearing a message likely brought into this world by a home printer, carefully laminated and affixed to an orange construction cone. That’s what’s been greeting visitors trying to enter a dead-end street in San Francisco’s Inner Richmond neighborhood since at least Oct. 5. It’s also created a stir online. Incredibly thorough, it begins in massive, bold font: “NO WAYMO 8:00PM to 8:00AM.”
Below the all-caps request reads an explanation of how a quiet residential cul-de-sac has become an all-night autonomous vehicle turnaround point.
“Waymo comes at all hours of the night and up to 7 times per hour with flashing lights and screaming reverse sounds waking people up and destroying the quality of life,” the message, which has racked up 1,400 upvotes on Reddit, continues…