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.

  • 30mag@lemmy.world
    5·
    2 years ago

    it will get rid of a bunch of jobs

    So does public transportation. You gonna get rid of school busses so more kids will have to take taxis to school or something? Get rid of subways so companies can sell more cars?

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 years ago

      But what’s the reason for firing taxi drivers in favor of driverless cars? All I can see is it’s a novelty.

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
          1·
          2 years ago

          That’s not an explanation. There are a lot of good arguments to be made for replacing horses with cars. What is your actual argument for replacing taxi drivers with driverless vehicles?