Title: San Francisco firefighters are getting fed up with robotaxis [Print This Page] Author: soumyasarkar59 Time: 2024-2-19 16:27 Title: San Francisco firefighters are getting fed up with robotaxis
"No! "Stay there!" the police officer shouts, flare in hand, at a Waymo Jaguar i-Pace with no one on board or behind the wheel. But nothing, the car wants to continue moving no matter what. Every time the agent backs up, the car moves forward. And he is already in the middle of the crossing. Behind the police officer , the street is blocked by firefighters trying to put out a fire, but the car threatens to go over one of their water hoses and continue down the street, even though there are several fire trucks in the way.
It is the latest interaction , somewhat comical and surreal, that has been made public about how the San Francisco police have to deal with the robotaxis that swarm around the Californian city. The infinite circle, or why we still don't have the autonomous cars they promised us IN MOTORPASIÓN The infinite circle, or why we still don't have the autonomous Cell Phone Number List cars they promised us It is not the first time nor the last that a robotaxis makes a mess in San Francisco, but as the local newspaper Mission Local reports , it is starting to be a problem for emergency services and firefighters are getting tired of having to deal with robotaxis that interfere with their interventions.
The streets of the Californian city are full of robotaxis from Cruise ( General Motors ) and Waymo (Alphabet, Google's parent company). It is also quite common that, in addition to blocking an intersection paralyzing traffic or crashing into a bus , they interfere with the actions of the firefighters. The incursions of autonomous vehicles in emergency situations are daily Jaguar i-Pace Waymo A fire department official said that autonomous vehicle incursions have now become an "everyday occurrence," according to Mission Local. "This is a growing problem. I believe there are many more incidents that are not being reported," the official wrote in his report. In another note of the same report, he adds that on the same day the report was written there were already three similar incidents.
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