Before they get very far, self-driving car developers will have to prove that they can operate in cities safely, especially when emergency vehicles are involved.
The filing comes as a state agency is in the midst of writing rules that would allow Cruise to move ahead with its plans to operate limited but paid ride-hail services across the state. In San Francisco, a new permit would expand Cruise’s existing program. It currently allows hand-picked members of the public to take autonomous rides between 11 pm and 5 am, and only on the city’s west side, which tends to be less trafficked.
But in the filing, San Francisco officials express concern about proposed provisions in the permit that would let Cruise vehicles continue to stop to pick up and drop off passengers in travel lanes, instead of pulling over to the curb. Human drivers can be ticketed if they are caught failing to pull 18 inches or closer to curbs before they let passengers in or out of cars.
The city’s document noted that, “with some conspicuous exceptions,” Cruise’s vehicles are generally “cautious and compliant.” The fire truck incident is a classic “corner case”—a road incident so strange or rare that it can be hard for self-driving vehicle developers to anticipate it. Experts say that even as autonomous vehicle software advances, it will
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