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5 shuttle buses chartered by Google, Apple apparently vandalized on I-280, possibly with pellet gun
Shuttle buses carrying Apple and Google employees were apparently vandalized Tuesday while traveling to and from the South Bay, officials said. No injuries were reported.
Five buses driving in the northbound and southbound directions of Interstate 280 between Highway 84 and Highway 85 were damaged during the Tuesday morning and evening commute, said California Highway Patrol Officer Art Montiel. Four buses were chartered by Apple and one by Google, the officer said. The Apple campus is located off I-280 in Cupertino. Google headquarters is in Mountain View off Highway 101.
According to Montiel, several bus windows were damaged and cracked, possibly by pellet guns, BB guns or rocks.
According to an article on TechCrunch
In response, we've learned that Apple has rerouted the bus routes for employees living in San Francisco, adding 30-45 minutes of commute time each way, as the company works with authorities to see what exactly is going on.
Also at The Guardian.
(Score: 2) by c0lo on Friday January 19 2018, @12:03AM (3 children)
Really? How ineffective. Nothing short of retractable bollards suffice.
Of course, paid for by Apple/Google, connected to the IoT and comming with an app.
(grin)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday January 19 2018, @04:35PM (2 children)
That traffic cone business made my BS-meter spike. It's easy-peasy to get out of the car, pick up 2, 6, or 20 traffic cones, and sling them out of the way. Not to mention the silly ass who put them there probably stole them from construction sites - that's another discussion entirely.
(Score: 2) by Grishnakh on Friday January 19 2018, @06:31PM (1 child)
That traffic cone business made my BS-meter spike. It's easy-peasy to get out of the car, pick up 2, 6, or 20 traffic cones, and sling them out of the way.
Yes, but the idea probably isn't to prevent access to the space, it's to scare off most people. Most (or at least many) people are likely to think that those cones are there for an official reason and not park there.
If I put a sign on one of the stalls at your company bathroom saying "out of order", would you question it, or would you just skip that stall and find another, or wait for another? Most likely, the latter, unless that sign stayed there a week or more.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday January 19 2018, @07:04PM
LOL, you really don't know me very well. I'd probably steal the sign, and tape it to my boss's backside. At the least, I'd open the door to see what was so very out of order. Hell, someone may have hidden a dead body there. I've just about run out of places to hide my own dead bodies! If there weren't any dead bodies propped up behind the door, I' probably draw a dead body on the sign. Us troublemakers are always looking for new ways to cause trouble.