but nice to end with a yellow, orange positive outlook. earlier this month, officials in san francisco voted to allow driverless taxis to operate 2a hours a day butjust eight days later one of the cars collided with a fire engine. the crash has reopened concerns about the vehicle s safety, and some people have resorted to placing traffic cones on the cars to stop them from working. james clayton reports. one of the things that surprises many visitors when they arrive in san francisco are these things. driverless robo taxis. they re all over the city. this is me ordering one on my phone. one minute away, there s a cab just around the corner. but before i could even get in, a member of the public approached us with a warning. i think they re not safe cos i saw a guy that was in the crosswalk at night, almost got hit by it. well, thank you very much, sir, cheers. not exactly the ideal thing to hearjust before you get
choosing her replacement might be no more peaceful. helen catt, bbc news. earlier this month, san francisco voted to allow robo or driver less taxis to operate 24 hours a day. passengers have to book and pay for the journey via an app. but after a high profile accident, there are renewed safety concerns, and some people are determined to get them off the roads. here s james clayton. one of the things that surprises many visitors when they arrive in san francisco are these things driverless robo taxis. they re all over the city. this is me ordering one on my phone. one minute away, there s a cab just around the corner. but before i could even get in, a member of the public approached us with a warning. i think you re unsafe, because i saw a guy that was in the crosswalk at night, almost got hit by it. well, thank you very much, sir, cheers. not exactly the ideal thing to hearjust before you get into a cab with no driver.
a video they put out injuly has gone viral. first, find a cone. make sure their car is empty. and repeat. it s not entirely clear whether what they re doing is legal. so a spokesperson for the group agreed to be interviewed under the condition of anonymity. how would you describe your group? are you vigilantes? are you a campaigning group? what are you? we re definitely not vigilantes. i think we rejust a group of people. we don t like cars and we re doing what we can about it. however, driverless car companies have hit back, saying what the group is doing is bad for road users and is vandalism. waymo says what you re doing is vandalism. how do you respond to that? it s not vandalism, because that requires property damage, and we re not damaging anything. as soon as you take the cone off, the cars are right back to working condition and on their way. they hope to expand across america and beyond. but others here in the city hope they ultimately fail to convince authorities the technolo