Paralyzed Waymo robotaxis stopped together at some intersections in
San Francisco blocked emergency vehicles from carrying out their
missions.
After a real physical disaster, such as an earthquake, they may have
continued blocking emergency vehicles until towed away one by one.
In the midst of a slow-motion fascist disaster, the widespread use of
taxis that require every customer to identify perself could lead to
the arrest of dissidents and journalists. Uber
and Lyft
have already partially this sort of harmful effect, but robotaxis
will exacerbate it.