Last week, a man was caught fleeing from an autonomous taxi company in Phoenix, Arizona (USA). Waymowhich got stuck on the light rail tracks.
By station KPO a driverless taxi was left stranded on the tram tracks. A witness filmed the moment a passenger ran from the vehicle as the tram approached.
According to the company Valley Metrowhich operates regional traffic in the Phoenix area, the incident occurred last Wednesday (7) around 9 a.m. No one was injured and traffic was restored approximately 15 minutes later.
Company Waymo launched its autonomous taxi service in Phoenix before expanding to Los Angeles and San Francisco, California, Austin, Texas, and Atlanta, Georgia.
Its vehicles use an autonomous driving system supported by 29 cameras, and according to the company, both routes and systems are updated weekly. However, some factors can confuse operational systems.
“I think so Waymo they face a challenge because no matter what they do with their system, there will always be unexpected circumstances that they will have to learn from,” he explained Andrew Maynardprofessor of emerging and transformative technologies at ASU, station KPO.
Still, he said he believes in the safety of autonomous vehicles. “These cars are safer than human drivers in many situations because they don’t have the distractions that human drivers have.”
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