BREAKING CaliforniaPUC approves expanded 24-hour Cruise and Waymo robotaxi service, despite misgivings
SAN FRANCISCO -- California regulators have voted in favor of two rival robotaxi services providing around-the-clock rides throughout San Francisco, despite escalating fears about recurring incidents that have caused the driverless vehicles to block traffic or imperil public safety.
To underscore her point, Nicholson cited 55 written reports of the robotaxis interfering with emergency responses. She said she is worried the problems will get worse if Cruise and Waymo are allowed to operate their services wherever and whenever they want in San Francisco — raising the risk of their disruptions resulting in injury, death or the loss of property that could have been saved.
"I've already had a worrying interaction with one. I was entering a crosswalk with the green light," countered another. Both companies viewed approval of their San Francisco expansions as a major springboard to launching similar services in other congested cities that would benefit from a technology that they contend will be more reliable, convenient and cheaper than ride-hailing and taxi services reliant on human drivers.
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