Driverless Taxis Blocked Ambulance Response to Fatal Accident, San Francisco Fire Dept. Says
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Two Cruise taxis delayed an ambulance carrying a car accident victim to a hospital, a department report said. The company said it was not at fault.

Two Cruise driverless taxis blocked an ambulance carrying a critically injured patient who later died at a hospital, a San Francisco Fire Department report said, in another incident involving self-driving cars in the city.

On Aug. 14, two Cruise autonomous vehicles were stopped in the right two lanes of a four-lane, one-way street in the SoMa neighborhood, where the victim was found, according to the department report. It said that a police vehicle in another lane had to be moved in order for the ambulance to leave.

  • Neato@kbin.social
    142·
    1 year ago

    It is impossible to fully test things like this in test courses. Just like medicine, eventually you do all the tests you can and then expand it to the public. It sucks but there’s no way to foolproof something in a lab.

    • CmdrShepard@lemmy.oneEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      It’s really wild to see all the arguments suggesting this tech get banned until it’s completely ready for service. Nobody seems to think that scenario through very far. Even if it’s far from perfect, this stuff is already saving lives right now.