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10/06/2023
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By Ramon Tomey
Austin officials complain of self-driving cars BLOCKING emergency vehicles
Officials in the city of Austin in Texas are complaining that driverless vehicles are blocking emergency vehicles from responding to incidents in the city. According to InfoWars, the complaints come from both the Austin Police Department (APD) and Austin Fire Department (AFD). Officials from the two agencies are calling attention to the fact that autonomous cars […]
08/22/2023
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By Laura Harris
FALSE START: Cruise self-driving vehicles cause traffic jam in San Francisco streets just a day after city expanded robotaxi services
Just one day after the supposedly successful implementation of expanded self-driving taxi use in San Francisco, 10 of these robotaxis immediately caused a traffic jam in the city, blocking two narrow streets in the center of the lively North Beach bar and restaurant district of San Francisco. According to eyewitnesses, the automated vehicles sat motionless […]
08/21/2023
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By Laura Harris
Driverless car gets stuck in wet concrete in San Francisco a few days after CPUC approves robotaxi expansion services
A few days after the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) agreed to expand driverless taxi services in San Francisco, a Cruise AV self-driving robotaxi was immobilized in the wet concrete of a construction site on Golden Gate Avenue between Fillmore and Steiner Street. The Chevrolet Bolt EV-based autonomous vehicle (AV), equipped with roof-mounted sensors, was spotted […]
08/15/2023
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By Laura Harris
Young protesters use traffic cones to paralyze self-driving cars in San Francisco
A group of young protesters called “Safe Street Rebel” has been targeting robotaxis operated by tech giants like Waymo and Cruise as a protest against the expansion of self-driving cars in San Francisco. The group roams around the city at night on their bicycles, wearing masks to protect their identity and deploy orange traffic cones to stop […]
06/13/2023
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By Arsenio Toledo
Over 90% of reported crashes involving self-driving cars were caused by Tesla vehicles – some led to DEATHS
Teslas in autopilot mode has caused no less than 736 crashes since 2019 – including at least 17 fatal incidents, 11 of them since May 2022, and five serious injuries. This represents over 90 percent of automation-related car crashes. A recent analysis of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) data found that the number of crashes attributed to Tesla vehicles using […]
06/12/2023
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By Laura Harris
Award-winning study: Self-driving cars more likely to cause traffic incidents and pose hazards due to their limited understanding of human behavior
Self-driving cars, often hailed as the future of transportation, are causing more traffic incidents and posing potential risks down the road due to their limited understanding of human behavior. According to an award-winning study conducted by a team from the University of Copenhagen, autonomous vehicles are having difficulty in interpreting the subtle social cues that influence driving choices. […]
11/11/2022
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By Arsenio Toledo
Study finds lasers can blind self-driving cars and make them crash into objects or pedestrians
A study has found that a laser aimed at the guidance system of a self-driving car can disrupt its sensors and trick it into not seeing a pedestrian or another obstacle in its way. In a pre-print study, researchers from the United States and Japan were able to trick a self-driving car – the “victim vehicle,” […]
10/07/2022
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By Arsenio Toledo
Self-driving cars are causing traffic incidents all over San Francisco
The autonomous vehicles of the self-driving car company Cruise, a subsidiary of General Motors, are causing traffic incidents in San Francisco. On more than one occasion, these driverless cars even blocked buses. San Francisco residents took to social media to share images and videos of at least three Cruise self-driving cars blocking traffic in the city […]
05/05/2021
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By Virgilio Marin
Chinese tech giant launches DRIVERLESS taxis in Beijing
Chinese tech giant Baidu rolled out a fleet of driverless taxis in Beijing on Sunday, May 2, becoming the first firm to commercialize autonomous driving in China. Unlike previous demonstrations, there is no human driver behind the wheel as the autonomous cars, called Apollo Go Robotaxis, ferry passengers in Shougang Park in west Beijing. Instead, a safety engineer […]
09/01/2020
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By Virgilio Marin
It’s a “no” for driverless cars: Americans prefer driving themselves to work than relying on autonomous vehicles
Autonomous cars operate without the need for a human driver. Artificial intelligence drives the car, allowing human passengers to attend to other tasks as they travel. But despite this benefit, Americans prefer driving themselves to work over being transported by an autonomous car, according to a study published in the journal Transportation. Researchers from the University of […]
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