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.

  • Lem453@lemmy.ca
    121·
    10 months ago

    The driverless cars could have drivers assigned to monitor them 24/7 either in person or remotely until they have proven themselves for say a year. Nothing is perfect but there is a lot they can do better than the current situation.

    • CmdrShepard@lemmy.oneEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      Pretty sure they already do have that as I’ve seen video from a similar incident recently where a police officer smashed the window and then some Cruise rep began talking to him over the car’s stereo system.

    • Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      The driverless cars could have drivers assigned to monitor them 24/7 either in person or remotely until they have proven themselves

      They really need something like this, if for no other reason as to protect the vehicles from people trying to troll the AI, by quickly manipulating the road in front of them for social media filming reasons, etc.