Waymo director says the company's cars won't honk at each other anymore

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Waymo's self-driving cars no longer honk when near each other, Waymo's Director of Product and Operations Vishay Nihalani said yesterday when he appeared on software engineer Sophia Tung's livestream. The vehicles were spotted honking at each other a few weeks ago, prompting Waymo to issue a software patch. As reported by NBC Bay Area, residents living near the parking lot full of Waymo taxis reported that despite the patch going live, the taxis still honked at each other. Tung, who lived near the idling taxis, set up her live stream to capture the cacophony of honking vehicles. No good stream is complete without a soundtrack, and Tung's stream included lo-fi music in the vein of the ubiquitous "LoFi Girl" on YouTube.