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.

  • bobman@unilem.org
    77·
    1 year ago

    US will never stop using cars in the foreseeable future.

    There may be an argument for major cities, but not for the rest of the nation.

    That said, it’s way safer driving outside of major cities. Fewer pedestrians, fewer cars, more space. It’s also more efficient.

    Saying “get away from cars” just screams to me that you live in a major city and think life outside of one doesn’t matter.

      • bobman@unilem.org
        45·
        1 year ago

        Right. Until you need to carry something or go grocery shopping.

        Sorry, you’re wrong. Small towns absolutely need to use cars unless they want to go back to being hunter/gatherers.

    • Aux@lemmy.world
      42·
      1 year ago

      You forget one thing, only 17% of the US population live in a rural setting. A huge majority lives in the cities and don’t really need a car. The rest of the nation doesn’t matter, they can have their cars if 83% switch to something else.