Two Cruise taxis delayed an ambulance carrying a car accident victim to a hospital, a department report said. The company said it was not at fault.

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.

    • bobman@unilem.org
      34·
      1 year ago

      Right. Until you need to carry something or go grocery shopping.

      Sorry, you’re wrong. Small towns absolutely need to use cars unless they want to go back to being hunter/gatherers.

            • bobman@unilem.org
              14·
              1 year ago

              Yeah. Around here some people live at least 30 minutes from their nearest grocery store.

              And that’s by car.

              • Rowsdower@lemmy.ca
                51·
                1 year ago

                Okay? If someone lives out in the boonies not even in a town of course there’s not a grocery store near them. But if you’re in even a small town there’s no reason for amenities to be dependent upon driving

                • bobman@unilem.org
                  24·
                  1 year ago

                  there’s no reason for amenities to be dependent upon driving

                  Except for the surrounding people that use cars to reach them.

                  • Rowsdower@lemmy.ca
                    52·
                    1 year ago

                    What does that have to do with small towns? A 30 minute drive away from a small town isn’t living in a small town. It’s living 30 minutes away from one.

                    Like I said. There’s no reason for small towns to be car dependent.