Outraged San Francisco condo residents are being kept awake at night by parking lot full of driverless cars that constantly beep at each other
Furious San Francisco neighbors say they are losing sleep over a parking lot full of driverless cars that continually honk at each other.
California residents near 2nd Street and Harrison Street in the South of Market neighborhood have recorded Waymo vehicles honking in a nearby parking lot throughout all hours of the day.
The dystopian video shows the cars driving in circles around the lot with their lights on in the middle of the night as they randomly start beeping at each other.
Initially neighbors were excited to welcome the robotaxis to the area a few weeks ago - then the sounds started disrupting their sleep.
'At first I actually found it really funny, these cars are honking at each other,' 57-year-old resident Randol White told the Los Angeles Times. 'I don't find it funny anymore.'
Video shows driverless cars in a San Francisco neighborhood driving in circles around a parking lot randomly beeping at each other
Resident Randol White (pictured) said at first excited to welcome the robotaxis but then they started waking him up at 4 a.m
'I was happy to see the Waymos coming in, but this aspect of it, I'm not a fan.'
White said he was first disturbed by the vehicles two weeks ago when they were going off around 4 a.m. He has taken his concerns to the company, but is infuriated that there is nothing he can do to make the cars stop.
'There's no one for me to go down there and have a conversation with, because they're a robotaxi. That's the most frustrating thing, you're just yelling into the void,' he said.
Waymo told KGO they know about the problem and are working to fix it.
'We are aware that in some scenarios our vehicles may briefly honk while navigating our parking lots. We have identified the cause and are in the process of implementing a fix,' said the company.
Longtime area resident Russell Pofsky told the local news station in all his years living in the area he was never experienced a disturbance like this.
'Over the past two weeks I've been woken up more times overnight than I have combined over 20 years,' said Pofsky.
'I could not be more cranky today for a Monday after these past two weeks. It's really at a high level. It's just really, really... it's tough. It affects the way you feel.'
One longtime area resident said he was never experienced a disturbance like this in the 20 years he has lived there
Residents said the honking is happening all throughout the day and also find it annoying when they are trying to work from home
Christopher Cherry told NBC Bay Area he was 'really excited' to welcome Waymo to the neighborhood, but now just wishes the honking would stop.
'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,' Cherry said.
'It's very distracting during the work day, but most importantly it wakes you up at four in the morning.
'We love having them there, we just would like for them to stop honking their horn at four in the morning repeatedly.'
