A man was caught escaping from a self-driving taxi Waymo who ended up stuck on light vehicle tracks in Phoenix, Arizona (USA), last week.
As reported by the channel KPOthe driverless taxi got stuck on the light vehicle tracks. A witness filmed the moment the passenger fled the vehicle as a tram approached.
According to the company Valley Metrowhich operates regional transit in the Phoenix area, the incident happened last Wednesday (7), around 9 am. No one was injured and traffic was reopened about 15 minutes later.
A Waymo began operations of its self-driving taxis in Phoenix before expanding to Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, Austin, Texas, and Atlanta, Georgia.
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Its vehicles use an autonomous driving system supported by 29 cameras and, according to the company, routes and systems are updated weekly. However, some factors can confuse operating systems.
“I think the Waymo has a challenge because no matter what they do with their system, there will always be unexpected circumstances where they will have to learn from them,” he explained. Andrew Maynardan emerging and transformative technology professor at ASU, at KPO.
Still, he said he believes in the safety of self-driving cars. “These cars, in many circumstances, are safer than human drivers because they don’t have distractions like a human driver does.”
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