Cruise, the autonomous vehicle company, recently removed the operators from its cars in Austin.
Marshall Geyer
noticed what was becoming an increasingly common occurrence in his Downtown neighborhood: a Cruise vehicle behaving weirdly., recently removed the operators from its cars in Austin, meaning they no longer have drivers behind the wheels. As Geyer approached the vehicle, he pulled out his phone and recorded as it put on its blinker and veered into the opposite lane.
"I think just in the general Austin cycling and micromobility community, there's a lot of concern that I and others have about these just being a little bit erratic when it comes to handling things like bikes, pedestrians," Geyer said, adding that the rollout of the vehicles in Austin felt rushed.
As for the videos circulating on Twitter, the company is reviewing its lane mapping in the areas, according to a company spokesperson. Prichard told us that it prioritizes building community trust."When introducing our driverless service, we start slow, in smaller parts of the city and typically at night so we can ensure every aspect of the experience is smooth and efficient before expanding," she said.
Geyer hopes there's still time to hit the pause button."I feel like a very straightforward, and probably unsatisfactory for Cruise, solution for them here would be to just simply have people in their cars still until their erratic bike lane behavior is addressed," he said. When asked about that solution, Prichard said the company believes in its continually improving technology and is"proud of [its] safety record.
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