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Monday, October 20, 2025

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.

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... "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.

It delves into the bureaucratic mess -- multiple requests to Waymo, conversations with engineers, and 311 tickets, which had all apparently gone ignored -- before finally providing instructions for human drivers. "Please move [the cones] back after you have entered so we can continue to try to block the Waymo cars from entering and disrupting the lives of residents."

This isn't the first time Waymo's autonomous vehicles have disrupted San Francisco residents' peace. Last year, a fleet of the robotaxis created another sleepless fiasco in the city's SoMa neighborhood, honking at each other for hours throughout the night for two and a half weeks. ...



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