Another circumstance that robotic taxis may still have to learn: not to enter crime scenes. This is what happened in San Francisco, according to unconfirmed reports.
an autonomous one cruise vehicle strayed into a confusing crime scene on Friday evening san francisco and seemed rescuers to block while assisting nine victims wounded in a mass shooting. According to media reports, the cruise vehicle is said to have stood on the street while a police officer gave instructions to move it away. The officer is said to have shined a flashlight on it. The car apparently blocked rescue workers.
Cruise responded with a series of tweets expressing sympathy for the victims of the crime. However, according to Cruise, the car would not have disturbed the emergency services. The car initially paused on approaching the scene, but then reversed, Cruise said. The emergency services came around the car at all times. A lane next to the car remained free. There is also a way to get in touch with the company over loudspeakers. Perhaps the officer was too far away from the vehicle for it to go unheard?
After about 30 minutes, a Cruise employee came and removed the vehicle from the road. At the time it was on a demarcated crime scene.
Even before, cruise vehicles showed strange behavior. Several cars blocked a road, a cruise vehicle drove in cordoned off area or fled from one police control. And a Waymo vehicle stayed in Fog put.