Youre in San Francisco.
Its late at night, and youre driving back home.
Youre dreaming of your warm bed.
But, you arrive at the intersection of Gough and Fulton Streets and shock!
Youre forced to stop.
The road, it seems, is blocked by robotaxis.
So yeah, this actually happened.
The robotaxis blocked traffic for a couple of hours until fleshy human employees arrived and removed them.
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In April,a rebellious robotaxi tried to evade policefor not having its headlights on during night time.
An officer contacted Cruise personnel and no citation was issued.
But the company hasnt offered any explanation as to why the small fleet just… stopped this week.
Until we get a response from Cruise, all we have is conjecture.
Story byIoanna Lykiardopoulou
Ioanna is a writer at TNW.
With a background in the humanities, she has a soft spot for social impact-enabling technologies.
