The Silicon Valley driverless car broke into trouble again, but this time netizens chose to forgive it

Silicon Valley driverless cars were involved in a special accident.

On the streets of San Francisco at night, a woman was pressed under the rear wheel of the Robotaxi and could not move, crying for help.

Firefighters rushed to rescue the woman and took her to the hospital, but multiple injuries had been found on her body and her condition was very serious.

But surprisingly, after the accident was exposed, many netizens were accusing human drivers.

So, what happened?

The human driver hit and run, and the unmanned car was implicated

According to the statements of witnesses, firefighters and other parties, it can be roughly restored what happened.

Before the accident, the pedestrian was crossing the road from a zebra crossing.

At this time, the green light on one side of the road came on, and a Cruise Robotaxi and a human-driven vehicle entered the intersection.

As a result, the human driver drove the vehicle into a pedestrian, knocked the person directly in front of the Robotaxi, and fled the scene.

The Robotaxi could not dodge and pressed straight over, but the vehicle detected something under the rear axle, immediately applied emergency braking, and turned on the hazard indicator.

At the same time, this caused the pedestrian to be crushed under the Robotaxi wheel, and finally the firefighters used life-saving jaws to rescue the pedestrian and rushed to the hospital due to multiple traumatic injuries.

△ Image source: Eyewitness

As of Tuesday afternoon, the pedestrian situation remained critical.

Cruise said firefighters blocked Robotaxi's sensors at the time, so Robotaxi failed to send timely alerts to the remote control center.

But after firefighters got in touch with Cruise, Cruise immediately remotely disabled the vehicle and parked in place to cooperate with the police investigation.

Meanwhile, the human driver was still on hit and run.

Police are working with Cruise to arrest the driver who caused the accident.

Robotaxi was forced to get involved in the accident this time.

Silicon Valley unmanned vehicles are released and new problems are constantly exposed

Although, since San Francisco completely lifted the ban on Robotaxi and allowed it to operate around the clock, all the city, all the unmanned, accidents and problems have been exposed.

The day after the full release, ten Cruise Robotaxis suddenly turned off en masse on the road, causing a traffic jam.

△ Image source: X user @AaronPeskin

A few days later, a Cruise Robotaxi crashed into the pavement construction area and sank into the undried concrete.

Later, a Cruise Robotaxi hit a fire truck on duty at the intersection, airbags were deployed, and passengers were taken to hospital.

△ Source: X user @friscolive415

In a more serious case, when the ambulance was about to go to the hospital to save the injured who had lost a lot of blood, two Cruise Robotaxi vehicles blocked the entry and exit of the road, causing the injured person to miss the best time for medical care and unfortunately died.

But a slight difference from these accidents is that in this accident, Robotaxi was the first party involved.

If no human driver had hit someone, it would probably not have happened if a pedestrian was trapped under the Robotaxi.

This is also why as soon as the news came out, public opinion was almost on Robotaxi's side.

Some netizens commented that this is a "good example of human drivers who should be banned".

Other netizens said that this Robotaxi did everything it was supposed to do.

This proves once again that autonomous driving cannot be accident-free.

What autonomous driving can do is to replace humans with uncertain factors and provide higher safety, thereby reducing the occurrence of traffic accidents and improving traffic efficiency.

At the same time, the process of autonomous driving landing operation is also a process of continuous exposure of long-tail problems.

wireless connection problems exposed in collective flameouts; How to identify emergency vehicles such as fire engines; Accidents affecting the passage of ambulances, whether there are still deficiencies in operational redundancy...

Although the accident may seem like a very extreme situation - a person is hit by a car in front of Robotaxi, it also presents a new challenge for Robotaxi: how to quickly identify objects that suddenly appear in the lane ahead and take action.

These accidents and problems are providing a variety of corner cases for autonomous driving players to solve, so that the autonomous driving system can continue to iterate.

Moreover, these accidents also provide first-hand cases for traffic management departments, which can provide reference when drafting laws and regulations related to standardized unmanned vehicles, such as how to divide the boundaries of responsibility.

In this accident, although the responsibility of Robotaxi is controversial, the more core is the human driver who hit and run.

It is hoped that the driver will be found as soon as possible and that the victim will receive the compensation he deserves.

Fortunately, Robotaxi's multiple cameras throughout the body can provide the police with the most on-site information.

For the victims, this is also a blessing in misfortune.

Reference Links:

https://insideevs.com/news/689716/woman-critically-injured-after-being-hit-by-car-then-run-over-cruise-robotaxi/

https://www.reddit.com/r/bayarea/comments/16ylmae/driver_hits_woman_then_cruise_driverless_car_runs/

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