Welcome to the future: In San Francisco, California, the police initially failed to control a driverless car. As reported by The Verge, among others, a San Francisco Police Department officer tried to stop the car on the first weekend of April because the Cruise company car’s lights were off.
Cruise car accelerates – and pulls over to the right
A video posted to Instagram shows the San Francisco incident: the clip shows a police officer approaching the cruise car, which is stopped at a red light, looking inside and checking to see if there are people inside.
When the traffic light turns green, the car accelerates and it appears that the vehicle wants to “escape”. However, the car stops just after the intersection on the right side of the road and – as a traffic check – the police vehicle pulls up behind it.
On the second attempt, there are two police officers inspecting the car – and whether the driverless car looks a little perplexed. The amused voices of the viewers can be heard in the video.
While there have been repeated problems and even fatal accidents with self-driving cars on US roads in the past, according to news website Digitaltrends.com, this is the first incident where neither a safety driver nor a passenger were in the vehicle. .
Video shows police control of self-driving car
An approximately three-minute video documented the somewhat bizarre and comical incident in San Francisco. A passerby recorded the clip, said to be from April 2nd.
Cruise, which is owned by General Motors (GM), started its robotaxis service in the California metropolis about two months ago, according to The Verge. The company referred to the incident, which reportedly took place in the busy Richmond district, shortly after the video was released. in the position of twitterG. He claims the car departed to “stop at the next safe location as planned”.
Waymo also wants to set up a robotaxi service
The officer then contacted Cruise and the situation was resolved without further complications. Cruise set up a special phone number for these cases. Google’s sister company Waymo also wants to establish a robotaxi service in San Francisco.
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