SF Fire Dept.: Person Dies After Cruise Robotaxi Blocked Ambulance

Re:SF Fire Dept.: Person Dies After Cruise Robotaxi Blocked ... by giantg2 on Sunday September 03, 2023 @02:12PM (#37372721)

"Maybe traffic was moving so quickly that they'd have to accelerate hard and risk hurting the patient,"

This shouldn't be an issue - traffic is required to yield.

"Regardless, Cruise's vehicle clearly was at fault for not getting out of the way."

Yes, at fault for not getting out of the way. The article is a little misleading with it's insinuating that the patient death was somehow related.

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Re:SF Fire Dept.: Person Dies After Cruise Robotaxi Blocked ... by rafram on Sunday September 03, 2023 @09:48PM (#37376394)

> traffic is required to yield.

And traffic is required to yield to me when I step into the road, but I still wouldn’t start crossing if I saw a car coming with no sign of stopping.

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Re:SF Fire Dept.: Person Dies After Cruise Robotaxi Blocked ... by giantg2 on Monday September 04, 2023 @04:18PM (#37384565)

Yeah, you don't have lights, sirens, and a large vehicle either. Really should be a non-issue in this instance.

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