Robot Cars Are Causing 911 False Alarms In San Francisco
In a letter filed with a California regulator yesterday, city agencies complained that on three separate occasions since December, Cruise staff called 911 after a passenger in one of its driverless vehicles became “unresponsive” to the two-way voice link installed in each car. Each time, police and firefighters rushed to the scene but found the same thing: a passenger who had fallen asleep in their robot ride. The agencies’ letter complains that the incidents wasted public money and potentially diverted resources from people truly in need....