"The biggest issue here is the fact that these robots do not yield to pedestrians."
It’s human versus robot in Coral Gables.
Coral Gables Vice Mayor Rhonda Anderson on Tuesday garnered unanimous support to slap down new restrictions on the food-delivery robots she says have overrun sidewalks and caused safety issues for pedestrians.
The restrictions will force the robots, among other things, to move at a maximum of 7 mph on sidewalks, always yield the right of way to pedestrians, and prohibit them from loitering on a public sidewalk, swale or right-of-way for longer than 30 minutes, unless they are in the process of retrieving or delivery food.
Commissioners also want to restrict the type of advertisements on the robots and floated the idea of no advertisements at all, an ask the company behind the robots does not seem keen on.
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