Shulou(Shulou.com)11/24 Report--

Silicon Valley driverless car was involved in a special accident.

On the street of San Francisco at night, a woman could not move under the rear wheel of Robotaxi and shouted for help. Firefighters rushed to rescue the woman and took her to hospital, but multiple injuries had been found on her body at that time, and the condition was very serious.

But surprisingly, after the accident was exposed, many netizens were blaming the human driver. So, what happened?

Human driver hit-and-run, unmanned car implicated according to witnesses, firefighters and other statements, can roughly restore the story.

The pedestrian was crossing the road at the zebra crossing before the accident. At this time, the green light on one side of the road came on, and a Cruise Robotaxi and a human-driven vehicle entered the intersection.

As a result, the human driver drove the vehicle into a pedestrian, directly hit the person in front of the Robotaxi, and fled the scene.

Robotaxi failed to dodge and pressed directly over, but the vehicle detected something under the rear axle and immediately took emergency braking and turned on the danger light.

At the same time, this led to pedestrians being pinned under Robotaxi wheels, and firefighters finally used life-saving jaws to rescue pedestrians and were taken to hospital due to multiple injuries.

▲ pictures from eyewitnesses as of Tuesday afternoon, pedestrians were still in critical condition.

Cruise said firefighters were blocking Robotaxi's sensors, so Robotaxi failed to send an alarm to the remote control center in time.

But after firefighters contacted Cruise, Cruise immediately banned the vehicle remotely and parked in place to cooperate with the police investigation.

At the same time, the human driver is still in a hit-and-run state. The police are working with Cruise to arrest the driver who caused the accident.

This time, Robotaxi was forced to be involved in the accident.

Silicon Valley unmanned cars are opening up, exposing new problems, although accidents and problems have been exposed ever since San Francisco completely lifted the ban on Robotaxi, allowing it to operate round-the-clock, city-wide, unmanned toll operations.

The day after the full release, ten Cruise Robotaxi suddenly stalled on the road, causing a traffic jam.

▲ photo source: X user @ AaronPeskin a few days later, a Cruise Robotaxi rushed into the road construction area and got stuck in wet concrete.

Later, a Cruise Robotaxi hit a fire engine on duty at the intersection, the airbags ejected and the passengers were taken to the hospital.

▲ source: X user @ friscolive415 even worse, when an ambulance was on its way to the hospital to save a large number of injured people who had lost blood, two Cruise Robotaxi blocked the entry and exit of vehicles on the road, causing the injured to miss the best time for medical treatment and died.

But what is slightly different from these accidents is that Robotaxi is the first party involved in this accident. If there were no human drivers hitting people, the subsequent pedestrians trapped under the Robotaxi would probably not have happened. This is why as soon as the news comes out, public opinion is almost on the side of Robotaxi.

Some netizens commented that this is a "good example that human drivers should be banned."

Some netizens said that the Robotaxi did what it was supposed to do.

It also proves once again that autopilot cannot achieve zero accidents.

What autopilot can do is to replace human beings with uncertainties and provide higher safety, thus reducing the occurrence of traffic accidents and improving traffic efficiency.

At the same time, the process of autopilot landing operation is also the process of continuous exposure of the long tail problem.

Wireless connection problems exposed in collective flameout; how to identify emergency vehicles such as fire engines; accidents that affect the passage of ambulances, whether there are still defects in operational redundancy.

Although the accident seemed extreme-before a person was hit by a car into Robotaxi, it also posed a new challenge to Robotaxi: how to quickly identify objects that suddenly appeared in the driveway ahead and take measures.

These accidents and problems are providing a variety of corner case for autopilot players to solve, so that the autopilot system can continue to iterate.

Moreover, these accidents also provide traffic control departments with first-hand cases, which can provide reference when drafting standardized laws and regulations related to unmanned vehicles, such as how to divide the boundaries of responsibility.

In this accident, although the responsibility of Robotaxi is controversial, the core is the hit-and-run human driver.

It is hoped that the driver will be found as soon as possible and the victim will receive due compensation. Fortunately, the Robotaxi has multiple cameras all over the body, which can provide the police with the most on-the-spot information.

For the victims, this is also a blessing of misfortune.

Reference link:

Https://insideevs.com/news/689716/woman-critically-injured-after-being-hit-by-car-then-run-over-cruise-robotaxi/

Https://www.reddit.com/r/bayarea/comments/16ylmae/driver_hits_woman_then_cruise_driverless_car_runs/

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