SAN FRANCISCO: The robotaxi company Cruise has now suspended all its car trips on public roads in response to an accident involving a pedestrian in San Francisco.
The company, which belongs to car giant General Motors, announced on Tuesday that the move was to regain trust while investigations are being carried out. Previously, only the operation of cars without people at the wheel had been stopped, reported German news agency (dpa).
In the accident in early October, a Cruise driverless car dragged a woman several metres. The pedestrian was hit by another vehicle with a person at the wheel and thrown in front of the self-driving car. According to the accident report, the robotaxi braked immediately - but the woman still fell under the vehicle.
The Cruise cars are programmed so that in some cases they automatically pull over to the side of the road after collisions so as not to obstruct traffic. In this case, the software also decided to do this - even though the woman was still under the car. She was dragged around six metres and the car reached a speed of 11 kilometres per hour, according to a report by the Californian traffic authority.
Cruise has since changed the software for its approximately 950 vehicles to prevent the situation from happening again. Test drives for around 70 cars with people at the wheel have now also been suspended.
Last year, San Francisco became a unique test case for self-driving taxis. In addition to Cruise, Google's sister company Waymo also received permission from a Californian supervisory authority in the summer to expand its driverless transport services throughout the city.
The city council and numerous residents were against this. Among other problems, they argued that the vehicles often blocked traffic.
--BERNAMA-dpa
Bernama
Wed Nov 15 2023
The Cruise cars are programmed so that in some cases they automatically pull over to the side of the road after collisions so as not to obstruct traffic. - REUTERS/Filepic
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