They have done things like block EMS from responding to a mass shooting. People keep making this about the safety of humans vs. autonomous cars, but humans generally don’t block ambulances. Even if they’re big asshole drivers.
That makes these things a clear and present danger and they should not be on the streets.
Updated Wednesday June 14 2:10 p.m. EST - San Francisco Police have provided this statement to Jalopnik:
“The SFPD is aware of the social media video showing an autonomous vehicle stopped in the middle of a road during a recent shooting incident in San Francisco. The autonomous vehicle did not delay police, fire, or other emergency personnel with our arrival or departure from this scene. Furthermore, it did not interfere with our investigation into the shooting incident.
For the record: the same article has an update (Wednesday June 14 2:10 p.m. EST) where the SFPD state that the car did not block any emergency services.
They have done things like block EMS from responding to a mass shooting. People keep making this about the safety of humans vs. autonomous cars, but humans generally don’t block ambulances. Even if they’re big asshole drivers.
That makes these things a clear and present danger and they should not be on the streets.
For the record: the same article has an update (Wednesday June 14 2:10 p.m. EST) where the SFPD state that the car did not block any emergency services.