Login
You're viewing the mastodon.sboots.ca public feed.
  • Taras Grescoe 🚇straphanger@urbanists.social
    Oct 16, 2026, 8:52 PM

    Waymo is threatening to bring its “magic” to the streets of #Canada ‘s cities.

    Some #Toronto commentators are spinning its arrival as inevitable—and a net gain for the city.

    I believe driverless robo-taxis are the opposite: a slow-motion disaster.

    I explain why … 🧵

    Image attached toot
    💬 5🔄 3⭐ 0

Replies

  • 💬 0🔄 0⭐ 0
  • 💬 0🔄 0⭐ 0
  • Jean-François Mezeijfmezei@cosocial.ca
    Oct 16, 2026, 9:59 PM

    @straphanger Just wait for a snowfall in Toronto to see how these Waymos behave when they can't see the ashphalt, the lines painted on them etc. (Toronto traffic is already bad enough when they get 2cm of snow, but once you have Waymost immobilised because they can't "see", it will really kake things very bad. During the early years when they were testing/developping this, they refused to do this in Canada. They should not be allowed to test vehicles for winter in large city.

    💬 0🔄 0⭐ 0
  • Obbie KingObbieZ@urbanists.social
    Oct 16, 2026, 10:12 PM

    @straphanger I don't think it's a coincidence that this announcement comes the same week that they tore out Toronto's bike lanes.

    Did they tear out the bike lanes to make way for robotaxis?

    💬 0🔄 0⭐ 0
  • 💬 0🔄 0⭐ 0