Robotaxis are hitting the streets of Los Angeles.
FILE - In this May 8, 2018, file photo, a Waymo logo is displayed on the door of a car at the Google I/O conference in Mountain View, Calif. Google spinoff Waymo says on Thursday, March 14, 2024 it will begin offering free rides to a some of the roughly 50,000 people who have signed up for its driverless ride-hailing service in the second largest U.S. city.
For now, Waymo's free rides in Los Angeles will cover a 63-square-mile area spanning from Santa Monica to downtown. Waymo is launching operations in Los Angeles two weeks after the California Public Utilities Commissionin a decision that once again overrode the concerns of city transportation officials about robotaxis coming to sudden stops that block roads and the potential for driverless vehicles to malfunction in more serious ways that could jeopardize lives.
The worst fears about robotaxis were realized in San Francisco last October when a vehicle operated by Cruise, a driverless ride-hailing service owned by General Motors, dragged a pedestrian who was hit by another car operated by a human for 20 feet while traveling at roughly 7 mph before coming to a stop. The incident resulted in California regulators suspending Cruise's state license and triggered aCopyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.
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