Self-driving car service Waymo has temporarily suspended service in San Francisco after the autonomous cars caused major traffic jams during a citywide power outage, according to reports.
Waymo halted service in San Francisco as of Saturday at 8 p.m. after its vehicles snarled traffic during a nasty blackout that left traffic lights across the city down. Blackouts hit some 125,000 homes and businesses throughout the day, according to Mission Local.
We have temporarily suspended our ride-hailing services in the San Francisco Bay Area due to the widespread power outage. Our teams are working diligently and in close coordination with city officials to monitor infrastructure stability, and we are hopeful to bring our services back online soon,” a Waymo spokesperson told The Independent Sunday morning.
Without working traffic lights, the driverless cars were seemingly left confused, with many halting in their tracks and causing major traffic jamS.
Waymo suspends service in San Francisco after driverless cars cause traffic jams during blackout
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There should be some real consequences for AV companies to repetitively cause chaos on the road.
What a basic thing to ask for
Ideally, GOOG dips a bit on this news so I can buy some more.
Tesla cars would’ve probably caught on fire
Vision and ai is the way.
Haha Tesla is way better then. FSD isn’t dependent on some central system sending it messages. The FSD computer is local to each car and makes decisions then and there. But since Tesla is hated on Reddit, nobody’s willing to discuss actual tech.
All Tesla discussions eventually result in Elon haters throwing hissy fit saying the same old tired things since 2018. If they only had invested in Tesla as much as they enjoy bashing it here for some magic Internet points, at least they would have had made money.
Only takes one EMP
Nothing burger