California regulators suspend recently approved San Francisco robotaxi service for safety reasons


Associated Press reporter Michael Liedtke sits in the back of a Cruise driverless taxi that picked him up in San Francisco's Mission District, Feb 15, 2023. California's Department of Motor Vehicles on Oct 24 immediately suspended operation of Cruise's driverless robotaxis in San Francisco, citing public safety after one of its cars ran over a person fatally struck by a vehicle driven by a human. — AP

SAN FRANCISCO: California regulators have revoked the license of a robotaxi service owned by General Motors after determining its driverless cars that recently began transporting passengers throughout San Francisco are a dangerous menace.

The California Department of Motor Vehicles’ indefinite suspension of the Cruise robotaxi service comes just two months after another state regulator, the Public Utilities Commission, approved an expansion that authorised around-the-clock rides throughout San Francisco – the second most dense city in the US.

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