[askafriend]

This is one of the dumbest "tactics" I've had to witness.

These are the same people falsifying data that makes autonomous vehicles appear more unsafe than they are.

"New letter from CA state accuses SF officials of data manipulation: In the 4 @Waymo traffic collisions SF cited to prove driverless cars are less safe, 3 were the Waymos being rear-ended and 1 didn't even involve any cars touching, CA says."

Source: https://twitter.com/annatonger/status/1673403230804385813

[eli]

I really doubt the people putting cones on cars are "the same people" as officials for SF transportation agencies.

[askafriend]

In any other city, this would be a good doubt to have.

[scarmig]

In this case, the person doing it was an employee of Dean Preston, a city supervisor.

Regardless, the traffic cone clowning and the falsifying data clowning both are born of the same shortsighted desire to get "progressive" points by attacking evil corporations.

[safestreetrebel]

Wrong in multiple ways, youth comissioners are not "employees" nor aides to supes; it's essentially a volunteer advisory position for high schoolers. And no, it's not just him, and we appreciate his contribution

[fnord77]

this is SF. It would not surprise me.

[barbazoo]

> These are the same people

Are they though?