Posted on 07/01/2022 5:38:33 PM PDT by BenLurkin
GM Cruise self-driving taxis started giving free rides in February, but these were never intended to stay free, that was just a pilot program working at limited times in limited areas, ostensibly to work out the kinks.
But the kinks are clearly not worked out. On the sixth day that these robotaxis were taking fares (actually sixth night, they only run between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m.), TechCrunch reports that "more than a half dozen” of them just stopped working and blocked the street “ for a couple of hours.” TechCrunch adds that GM “employees arrived and manually moved the autonomous vehicles.”
The incident was originally described in a Reddit post, but has since been confirmed by General Motors. The Reddit post, seen above, is entitled “Bunch of Cruise cars stuck on Gough by Robin,” with Robin being a reference to the omakase sushi place in front of which this bizarre incident occurred.
“We had an issue earlier this week that caused some of our vehicles to cluster together,” a Cruise spokesperson told TechCrunch. “While it was resolved and no passengers were impacted, we apologize to anyone who was inconvenienced.”
It’s the whole “cluster together” thing that makes this eerie, and certainly problematic. Like they actually ganged up and then stopped, and GM’s response kind of minimizes the problem here. That is a legitimate blocking of traffic, which could have caused some real emergencies.
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” . . .Like they actually ganged up and then stopped,
and GM’s response kind of minimizes the problem here.
That is a legitimate blocking of traffic, which could have caused some real emergencies. . .” . .
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“like they actually ganged up and then stopped”
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Sounds like a test run.
If the test was for, say, preventing escape by vehicle of humans in a city,
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It looks like the test run was a success.
They're union cars.
They have already learned the blm protest tactics.
Ai is becoming dangerous
Remember the reporter who’s car was hacked?
A crash of Taxis
A down of Ubers
A wreck of Primes
A discharge of Teslas
RIP Michael Ironside.
I remember reading science fiction stories in which people would get into these self-driving cars (usually flying cars in the stories) and if they were wanted by the authorities, the doors would lock and they would be transported to the nearest police station.
He made a great "bad guy".. d:^)
GM should resurrect the name “Nova” for these vehicles. “Nova,” of course, means “no go” in Spanish.
GM offers rebate on Cadillac Lyriq if drivers sign NDA, agree to be tracked
Whoakaaaaay...
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