🎸🌃 All The City Lights 🎶🚴In the wake of #CADMV suspending #Cruise’s license to operate, everyone seems very focused on the fact that the robotaxi dragged the pedestrian 20 feet after stopping—which is certainly horrific—and the company’s initial failure to show the #DMV footage of that part of the incident. But, AGAIN, I have to ask: Why was the Cruise continuing to advance across #MarketStreet (yes along with the human driver who actually first hit the pedestrian) when there was someone in the crosswalk?!
I DO NOT CARE that the #pedestrian started crossing on red. Whether you are a human or an autonomous 3,000 lb rolling computer, when you detect someone in front of your vehicle, you are legally obligated to stop and wait until it is safe to proceed. Neither the human driver or #Cruise did so. We can blame the human driver for inattention or impatience. What is the Cruise’s excuse? It’s either programmed to break the law or it’s sensors didn’t work. It’s one or the other.
FinchHaven sfbaExactly this
Had the #Cruise been an auto with a human driver, at the very least that human driver would have seen the other car hit the pedestrian (possibly honking the horn before) but would *not* have proceeded to drive over the struck pedestrian and drag them an additional 20 feet "to pull over to the curb so as not to block traffic"
Period