If you thought Miami traffic couldn’t get any worse, allow me to introduce you to our newest residents: a small army of food delivery robots who have absolutely no interest in your right of way — even if you’re an ambulance in Brickell.
Yes, the delivery robots that have flooded the sidewalks of downtown, Brickell, Coral Gables, and even Coconut Grove since this summer are now street legal. They’re bolder than ever, and they are very committed to causing unhinged gridlock across the 305.
Over the past week, these small, white (and sometimes pink and cute) delivery bots have been spotted everywhere, from downtown to Brickell, interrupting commutes, stopping cars, and, in one hilarious video, forcing an ambulance to honk as if begging the robot to have some human decency and move aside. In another video, a Brickell police officer can be seen slowly trying to maneuver around one of them, as if avoiding a toddler having a meltdown in the grocery store aisle…