It was a little over two weeks ago that Sophia Tung began waking up before dawn to the sound of cars honking.
The flocks of identical white vehicles outside her window began to fill the parking lot, one by one. As they moved into and out of one another’s paths, they sounded out a chorus of honks and beeps.
As a San Francisco resident, Ms. Tung, 28, has seen traffic, but this time there were no drivers to yell at to stop.
The driverless vehicles, made by the California-based company Waymo, began to appear in a lot near Ms. Tung’s apartment building in late July. Waymo had rented it for the cars to idle in when they weren’t making trips or charging. But because the vehicles are programmed to honk when nearing other vehicles and then change directions, the more crowded the lot became, the more honks erupted.
Ms. Tung decided to set up a livestream to share the noisy taxi depot with the world, using an old web camera and a cereal box. She set the video to soft lo-fi music in the background.
“I tend to like to be good humored on most difficult situations,” Ms. Tung said. “It was just for the memes, but for some reason I guess people like watching them.”
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