Two Cruise driverless taxis blocked an ambulance carrying a critically injured patient who later died at a hospital, a San Francisco Fire Department report said, in another incident involving self-driving cars in the city.

On Aug. 14, two Cruise autonomous vehicles were stopped in the right two lanes of a four-lane, one-way street in the SoMa neighborhood, where the victim was found, according to the department report. It said that a police vehicle in another lane had to be moved in order for the ambulance to leave.

  • @[email protected]
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    -11 year ago

    Prices will be lower if they don’t have to pay a driver.

    Before someone says “they’ll just pocket the difference” that’s not how it works. If Uber pockets the difference, Lyft will drop their prices and Uber will lose its customers.

    • Flying Squid
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      111 year ago

      Is this your first introduction to capitalism?

      How has that worked for every single other industry lately? Prices really low right now?

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          1 year ago

          They aren’t wrong…when has any company seriously given up on profits.

          People don’t have to be nice when you’re being clueless. They also didn’t insult you…I did though.

        • Flying Squid
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          21 year ago

          You didn’t answer my questions. How has that worked out for every single other industry lately if your claim is correct? Is there something unique about the taxi industry?

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      If that were true then Uber and Lyft wouldn’t have jacked their prices up so drastically over the last couple of years. You’re describing how things work on paper not in the real world.