Comments on: Google buses are out of control http://www.missionmission.org/2015/07/16/google-buses-are-out-of-control/ Saluting San Francisco's Mission District Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:23:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Pacific Standard Simon http://www.missionmission.org/2015/07/16/google-buses-are-out-of-control/#comment-107818 Pacific Standard Simon Wed, 22 Jul 2015 06:27:40 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=60295#comment-107818 I blame the the violence inherent in the system!

]]> By: Pacific Standard Simon http://www.missionmission.org/2015/07/16/google-buses-are-out-of-control/#comment-107816 Pacific Standard Simon Wed, 22 Jul 2015 06:16:07 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=60295#comment-107816 Thank you for not putting my name in ironic quotes this time, ‘emilie’.

]]> By: Andrew Sarkarati http://www.missionmission.org/2015/07/16/google-buses-are-out-of-control/#comment-107809 Andrew Sarkarati Tue, 21 Jul 2015 20:05:31 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=60295#comment-107809 scum, i’m disappointed in you! i was sure you’d recognize this photo from one of my previous posts!

]]> By: emilie http://www.missionmission.org/2015/07/16/google-buses-are-out-of-control/#comment-107807 emilie Tue, 21 Jul 2015 19:03:33 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=60295#comment-107807 No, I think she got you good, PSS.

]]> By: Delvalle http://www.missionmission.org/2015/07/16/google-buses-are-out-of-control/#comment-107803 Delvalle Tue, 21 Jul 2015 16:29:58 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=60295#comment-107803 They are just mad because daddy isn’t paying enough in their trust fund to rival what the Google people are making, since they decided an art degree and/or professional activism was a great choice, and that moving to a hispanic neighborhood would be fun and edgy.

]]> By: Delvalle http://www.missionmission.org/2015/07/16/google-buses-are-out-of-control/#comment-107802 Delvalle Tue, 21 Jul 2015 16:24:27 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=60295#comment-107802 No, but I sure see a lot of awful asian drivers hogging the left lane at all hours, who will fly across four lanes to exit at the last minute. Talk about obliviousness!!!

]]> By: ass http://www.missionmission.org/2015/07/16/google-buses-are-out-of-control/#comment-107799 ass Tue, 21 Jul 2015 05:05:22 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=60295#comment-107799 Uh, aren’t you fucking hipsters doing EVERYTHING in your power to make Googlers feel unwelcome in this city, a city that is as much “theirs” as it is “yours”? Aren’t you othering them every day by protesting their very existence? The irony isn’t even funny. It’s just fucking sad.

]]> By: Mo http://www.missionmission.org/2015/07/16/google-buses-are-out-of-control/#comment-107798 Mo Tue, 21 Jul 2015 00:16:03 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=60295#comment-107798 I’d have to agree with this one… but it begs the question, how are these drivers certified or licensed? Is it just a standard commercial driver’s license? The tech companies are hiring contractors – shouldn’t these contractors be holding their drivers to a level of standard that better equips them to drive in SF, given that it’s fairly different driving in the city, than say, Palo Alto?

My biggest gripe is that when they do manage to get onto the freeway, they sit in the far left (fast) lane, doing 60, completely oblivious to traffic backing up behind them and that there’s absolutely zero carpool lane. Doesn’t California law dictate that they should be in the right (slow) lane?

]]> By: Pacific Standard Simon http://www.missionmission.org/2015/07/16/google-buses-are-out-of-control/#comment-107797 Pacific Standard Simon Tue, 21 Jul 2015 00:07:28 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=60295#comment-107797 If the effect you were going for was “sputtering humorless fool”, then SUCCESS!

]]> By: emilie http://www.missionmission.org/2015/07/16/google-buses-are-out-of-control/#comment-107795 emilie Mon, 20 Jul 2015 23:15:31 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=60295#comment-107795 Stutter was for effect, btw.

]]> By: emilie http://www.missionmission.org/2015/07/16/google-buses-are-out-of-control/#comment-107794 emilie Mon, 20 Jul 2015 23:12:49 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=60295#comment-107794 Please, ‘Simon’ – I suspect you have neither the balls nor bearings to to back up your Internette Rebelle comment.

]]> By: emilie http://www.missionmission.org/2015/07/16/google-buses-are-out-of-control/#comment-107792 emilie Mon, 20 Jul 2015 23:08:12 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=60295#comment-107792 Duh…..just boycott Google.

]]> By: SuperQ http://www.missionmission.org/2015/07/16/google-buses-are-out-of-control/#comment-107791 SuperQ Mon, 20 Jul 2015 21:46:14 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=60295#comment-107791 I wish Google would work on automated buses, rather than automated cars. It’s nearly physically impossible for a human driver to pilot one of these things safely. The only reason things work is they’re big enough people jump out of the way.

If you saw the video of the Google car getting rear ended, you can see that the car can see every object 360 degrees around it, know what those objects are (people, bikes, cars) and react accordingly.

These buses cost $300-400k, adding $50k in driverless tech to them isn’t a huge expense by comparison. They probably spend that much on the mobile wifi gear.

]]> By: Truth http://www.missionmission.org/2015/07/16/google-buses-are-out-of-control/#comment-107789 Truth Mon, 20 Jul 2015 19:48:11 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=60295#comment-107789 This entire post is based around jumping to conclusions.

]]> By: Oyster Boy http://www.missionmission.org/2015/07/16/google-buses-are-out-of-control/#comment-107787 Oyster Boy Mon, 20 Jul 2015 10:49:19 +0000 http://www.missionmission.org/?p=60295#comment-107787 It’s a terrible feeling to not feel welcome in your own city… Woe, this city is a cruel mistress!

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