To the editor : Residents of Santa Monica who live near the Waymo charging station are justifiably angry with the cacophony created by the vehicles’ backup beepers, but they’re directing their anger at the wrong party ( “Santa Monica residents go to war against Waymo, including obstructing driverless taxis,” May 29). Waymo, too, is the victim of inane government regulations that require these backup beepers on all sorts of vehicles. Do these beepers really prevent that many accidents? Has any government agency properly considered the number of collisions prevented by backup beepers against the number of individuals driven crazy by them? If it were seriously investigated, I imagine regulations could be scrapped or reduced and all of us would benefit from a little less noise.

Murray Le

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