Just one day after state officials approved massive robotaxi expansion in San Francisco, a long line of the driverless cars come to a standstill and clog traffic in North Beach neighborhood.

Just one day after state officials approved massive robotaxi expansion in San Francisco, a long line of the driverless cars come to a standstill and clog traffic in North Beach neighborhood.

  • athos77@kbin.social
    43·
    11 months ago

    Cruise blamed cellphone carriers for the problem. […] Cruise government affairs manager Lauren Wilson [said] “As I understand it, [a large music festival] impacted LTE cell connectivity and ability for RA advisors to route cars.”

    Then they should have a backup communications option for when something happens. Cellphone towers can be destroyed in a wildfire, earthquake, tornado or infrastructure attack. Every time there’s a major disaster, the cellphone lines get overwhelmed. And if the thing that’s going to drive you away from where the disaster is occurring is also affected, then that’s a problem that needs to be fixed, preferably before these machines become any more widespread.

    • Cheesus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      22·
      11 months ago

      Their response isn’t very reassuring that they blamed outside lands. They need to get off the streets during a disaster so emergency vehicles can get by but instead it sounds like they will be stuck clogging up roads.