
General Motors subsidiary Cruise launched its commercial robot taxi services in San Francisco in February. Its driverless vehicles are allowed to carry paying passengers at night without a safety driver. — Bloomberg
BERLIN: When police stop a car at night that doesn’t have its headlights switched on, they usually know what to expect, most often a tired driver, or, potentially, a drunk one.
Two officers in San Francisco were not sure whom to blame, however, after pulling up behind a driverless robotaxi by US firm Cruise at a red light early in April.
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