Neighbors complain: Self-driving cars honking at each other at night

Written By ندى ماهر عبدربه on 2024/08/22

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

<p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr">Arab Weather - Residents of buildings adjacent to a self-driving car park in San Francisco complained about the noise caused by these cars, especially at night, as they honk their horns in an annoying manner towards each other.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Waymo had rented a large space outside an apartment building to park its vehicles, but the noise from the horns prompted complaints from neighbors. According to CBS News, Radu White, who witnessed the noise, said he heard the horns around 4:30 a.m. EST, noting that it would have been funny if it hadn&#39;t happened after midnight.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> White posted a video on social media showing more than 20 cars in the same parking lot, some honking at each other.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> You may also like:</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D8%A5%D8%B0%D8%A7-%D9%83%D8%AA... you type these characters on your iPhone it will crash it</a> </p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-media-max-width="560" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"><p lang="en" style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Waymo autonomous driving cars in Bay Area honking “briefly” throughout the night, disturbing the peace:<br /><br /> Resident: “At first I actually found it really funny, these cars are honking at each other... I don&#39;t find it funny anymore.”<br /><br /> Google is working to fix the problem.<br /><br /> Via Los… <a href="https://t.co/RA9WUXaq6Y">pic.twitter.com/RA9WUXaq6Y</a></p> — Canopy (@goCanopy) <a href="https://twitter.com/goCanopy/status/1824070845330768249?ref_src=twsrc%5E... 15, 2024</a> </blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><h2 style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> Programming problem</h2><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> The company explained that the horns are designed to avoid collisions and communicate with the outside world, as if the cars were calling each other. The company confirmed that it had made software updates to solve the problem.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> “We introduced a new feature to avoid low-speed collisions by honking if other vehicles approach while you’re backing up,” the company told CBS News. “We didn’t anticipate this happening so often in our parking lots,” it added, noting that it has updated the software behind the horn to reduce the noise and impact on neighbors.</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> See also:</p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D9%85%D9%82%D8%B7%D8%B9-%D9%85... clip.. This is what &quot;Al-Masnad&quot; said about the video of 7 suns that appeared in China</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"> <a href="https://www.arabiaweather.com/ar/content/%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87%D8%AF-%D9%84... the special shots of the giant moon that were observed today from the skies of Jordan</a></p><p style=";text-align:left;direction:ltr"></p>

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.


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