The San Francisco City Attorney is urging state regulators to reconsider their approval of driverless taxis operating in the city.
City Attorney is urging state regulators to reconsider their approval of driverless taxis operating in the city.permit Cruise and Waymo to expand their services in San FranciscoCity Attorney David Chiu submitted a motion on Wednesday, highlighting that the expansion of autonomous taxis would result in substantial harm to San Francisco.
Just the day after mass expansion was approved in San Francisco for rival tech companies Waymo and Cruise to operate around-the-clock for their services, a gridlock was caused in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood Friday night. However, it seems "human error" was more to blame than technology.
Further incidents have raised concerns. A Cruise car was seen stuck in wet concrete after venturing onto a construction site, and in another incident a driverless car blocked fire trucks from leaving the station for nearly 10 minutes.Philip Koopman, a Carnegie Mellon professor and expert in robocar technology, criticized the CPUC for not effectively addressing the recurring problem of autonomous vehicles obstructing emergency responders.
Chiu's motion indicated that there are currently 390 Cruise cars in San Francisco, and the company plans to increase that number. Chiu said that on a recent earnings call, Cruise's CEO indicated he wanted to bring thousands of the cars to San Francisco.
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