Cruise robo-taxis involved in 2 San Francisco crashes in the same night

https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/cruise-driverless-san-francisco-crash-18302845.php

by lopkeny12ko • 3 years ago

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samr71• 3 years ago

From reading the article. Both crashes seemed to be the Cruise robo-taxi being hit by other cars running red lights. One of the red-light running cars was an emergency vehicle, the other wasn't.

It's not clear who would be considered at-fault were these human drivers.

JohnFen• 3 years ago

With the emergency vehicle, anyway, the driver at fault would be the car that hit it unless the emergency vehicle didn't have its lights and sirens going.

getoffmycase• 3 years ago

The fire truck had lights and sirens on according to updated articles, so the Cruise vehicle would be at fault

lacker• 3 years ago

I think there is no "car that hit it", it's the other way around - from the article:

A spokesperson for the San Francisco Fire Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the city emergency vehicle that struck the Cruise car.

So the emergency vehicle drove into the Cruise car. AFAIK even if the emergency vehicle has lights and sirens on, that doesn't necessarily give it the right to drive into other cars.

jjav• 3 years ago

It's not clear who would be considered at-fault were these human drivers.

In the case of the emergency vehicle it's clear who is at fault. The emergency vehicle has right of way regardless of who has red or green light.

zachur• 3 years ago

Frustrating to always see events involving AVs, whether or not they're at fault, be reported as news.

Would love to see Cruise/Waymo publish data on accident frequency by their vehicles vs. human drivers in SF.

drew22huthut• 3 years ago

This. Also for the ones stumped by and obstacle…..why’s isn’t there a remote control mode seems like they could easily help it out of situations like that with all of the cameras and sensors these things have

Cruise robo-taxis involved in 2 San Francisco crashes in the same night

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