GM Cruise robo-taxis fail amid Outside Lands music festival

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Pack of GM Cruise robo-taxis freeze, snarl up Friday night traffic amid festival crowds

The snafu held up traffic on the Grant Avenue corridor of bars, restaurants, and strip joints near Columbus Avenue.The resulting traffic snarl and delays were exactly what prompted police, firefighters, and other city agencies to oppose the CPUC resolution.Despite the US National Highway Transportation Safety Administration's

into the safety of GM Cruise robotaxis, passengers have reportedly decided the vehicles are safe enough for sex.to have spoken"four separate Cruise car riders who said they’ve had sex or hooked up in the driverless vehicles in San Francisco over recent months and have provided ride receipts." Fnar, fnar. No such Waymo passengers have been identified.

Since self-driving cars began limited nighttime commercial operation in San Francisco in June 2022, there have been approximately[PDF], which the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency considers to be just a fraction of the actual number of incidents. SFMTA notes that neither GM Cruise nor Waymo report the number of unexpected stops or other incidents that interfere with the duties of first responders. The San Francisco Fire Department has about 50 written reports of interference in 2023, related to robotaxis obstructing fire station ingress/egress or transit to locations, and other forms of intrusive driving behavior.

"The SFMTA and the SFCTA [San Francisco County Transportation Authority] supported a measured, incremental approach to expanding AV passenger services in San Francisco that fully considers potential impacts of this new technology, and establishes broader transparency and incremental approvals based on performance benchmarks before allowing unrestricted driverless AV services in San Francisco," said SFMTA spokesperson Stephen Chun, in a statement emailed to"Unfortunately, the...

 

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