Protesters develop novel way to build cone-sensus against driverless cars

A group of San Francisco organizers are encouraging people to put traffic cones on the hoods of driverless vehicles as a form of protest against the cars’ expansion on city streets. Safe Street Rebel, a group of organizers that advocate for pedestrian safety and reducing the number of cars on roads, are behind this stunt. Usually they focus on human drivers, but they argue that driverless cars pose many risks to safety and the environment but are being sold as a strong alternative to vehicles driven by people. In late-July, the San Francisco fire chief, Jeanine Nicholson, urged the state to move slowly on allowing fleets of driverless cars to roam city streets 24x7. Driverless cars have been accused of blocking emergency vehicles and buses.