Some residents in Santa Monica feel distressive, describing it as “noise pollution” caused by Waymo charging stations in one neighborhood.
Dozens of driver’s Waymo car shipments are located in Broadway near Euclid Street, and based on Google Maps, surrounded by homes, schools and many other companies.
Christopher Potter, the resident who started Seam onlineHe says that he and his neighbors are bothering them with a “constant disorder” of yellow voices, as independent vehicles return to their spaces – dozens of times per hour, as his estimate.
“The primary school around the street has already has parents who support the street to capture their children. Now add a continuous current of driver without driver working inside and outside the pieces in Santa Monica, crazy,” he writes Potter.
He says that one of the neighbors took an extremist step in preventing cars without a driver from entering a lot and slapped a restricted matter from Waymo. “I do not blame him – these things revolve around the block indefinitely,” Potter says.
And emo Its service was launched in the Los Angeles area in November 2024 and works mainly in West Los Angeles with about 100 vehicles currently. The petition demands that the company change the auto programming so that the size of the bile is much lower when it charges.
For its part, Waymo says it has already carried out steps to reduce noise in the area by planting trees and other plants to serve as sound barriers.
The company said in a statement to Santa Monica Daily Press. “The city’s enforcement staff confirmed that noise levels have not increased to the level of violation of the city’s external noise standards.”
City officials admit complaints, but they told the Daily Press newspaper that they have no specialization in Wimo’s operations, saying that the California Public Utilities Committee and the Ministry of Automotive allow robotots.
“It is necessary to respect the right path of peace and calm for the residents of Santa Monica,” Potter is calling. “We urge Waymo and the city to address our fears and make urgent measures.”