Posted on 04/11/2022 4:27:13 PM PDT by algore
San Francisco Police officers were left baffled recently when they pulled over a self-driving taxi and it took off on them.
In a video posted earlier this month that went viral over the weekend, an autonomous Cruise driverless car can be seen being pulled over by police officers during a nighttime stop.
The officer reportedly approached the vehicle because its headlights were off. He attempted to open the driver's door, evidently shocked that there wasn't anyone inside the car.
When he walks back to the police car, the Cruise car drives off further down the road and it is once again pulled over.
'Ain't nobody in it, this is crazy,' a man can be heard saying in the video posted on April 1.
'Are you serious? How does that happen? I'm going to have to watch this,' another dumbfounded bystander adds.
After the incident, Cruise, a General Motors autonomous subsidiary that introduced the driverless cars earlier this year in the Golden City, said police contacted a twenty-four-seven-functioning line for such instances.
The company also said that the vehicle operated as expected and no citations were issued by authorities.
'...our AV yielded to the police vehicle, then pulled over to the nearest safe location for the traffic stop, as intended. An officer contacted Cruise personnel and no citation was issued,' the company said in a statement.
'We work closely with the SFPD on how to interact with our vehicles, including a dedicated phone number for them to call in situations like this.'
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If I were are super highly paid consultant I would advise the taxi firm to staff their cars with one of those really annoying yippy purse dogs
And if the cops shoot it cause it was coming right at them, ?
Doesn’t surprise me no ticket or bail in San Francisco.
NP. Add another option, with appropriate program, and the Cruise taxi shoots back.
With much more accuracy and precision.
If one of those freakin’ things hits me and I survive I’m gonna be a rich mofo.
“including a dedicated phone number for them to call in situations like this”
Oh so this is EXPECTED behavior.
Sounds like it might have a glitch or two.......unbelievable
I originally saw them swarming last year, but they are proliferating again.
Last year I attempted to make contact and get some video.
They act really twitchy when they sense you, and make lurching motions.
whoever decided to program it to do this, Kudos
Do you ever see kids jumping on and riding them?
As a kid, I would have loved just messing around with them...
Wonder how they would respond to a broomstick laid in front of them???
So every rapist with a flashing light has it easy.
12 gauge take care of that menace.
No, and they swarm near a group of schools.
I am not sure how useful they can be, but assume the testing may determine that.
Are they sure it didn’t just knock off a weed shop?
-—just another reason for fender guns——
And why wasn’t the company issued citations for no headlights and evading a police officer. This is crazy.
Or immobilizing it and stealing tires,batteries, engines, and then torching it...the only reason there is some protection against this now is that usually people can get hurt....with no people...super duper open season...
Great “technology”....evil people..
So next time I get stopped and the officer walks away, it is correct behavior to just start driving off?
Only if you are a robot.
Police were reportedly angry that there was no perp to torture - not even a dog to shoot...
The AI hasn’t learned how to obey verbal police orders.
Not obeying orders can get you shot in some jurisdictions.
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