A video popped up on the internet showing a driverless car being stopped by San Francisco police. The car belongs to Cruise, a self-driving car company based in the same city, and its autonomous Chevrolet Bolt EV. It is assumed that the car was being stopped because its headlights were not turned on, despite it being around and about at night. Cue slight bewilderment as someone can be heard saying “ain’t nobody in it”.
Soon after, the Cruise autonomous vehicle appears to take off, going past the intersection with a traffic light, and then making another stop shortly after. The company has said the vehicle yielded to police, and then pulled over to the nearest safe location for the stop “as intended”.
— cruise (@Cruise) April 10, 2022 TechCrunch reports that Cruise had only two months ago started to let San Francisco residents hail rides in its driverless vehicles. Though the report also states that the vehicles were not completely autonomous, as a company spokesperson said that an employee directed the car to pull over at the second location. past the intersection. The company also claims that no citation was issued. (Source: b.rad916 / Instagram, Cruise / Twitter via TechCrunch)
