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Cruise robotaxi collides with fire truck in San Francisco, leaving one injured (www.theverge.com)
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Cruise robotaxi collides with fire truck in San Francisco, leaving one injured::A crash between Cruise robotaxi and a San Francisco Fire Department truck occurred last night in Tenderloin. The incident happed a week after the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved 24/7 autonomous taxi ride services.

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[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Let’s say autonomous vehicles were ten times safer than human drivers, but still not 100%. Would you let those people die by denying them the technology?

[–] zephyreks@programming.dev -4 points 1 year ago

No, because most drivers are idiots. Comparing with the average is comparing against idiots.