On Thursday, California's Public Utilities Commission approved the expansion of driverless taxi companies Waymo and Cruise to operate round-the-clock services in San Francisco. It was only a day later when several Cruise vehicles 'created traffic chaos,' according to Supervisor Aaron Peskin.
Cruise cars cause gridlock in San Francisco one day after mass expansion is approved. Credit: @Gregster56 via X.On Thursday, California's Public Utilities Commission approved the expansion of driverless taxi companies Waymo and Cruise to operate round-the-clock services in. It was only a day later when several Cruise vehicles "created traffic chaos," according to Supervisor Aaron Peskin.
Peskin, who presides over District 3, tweeted a video Saturday morning of at least five Cruise cars with their hazard lights causing gridlock. "Why do state commissioners think it's OK to put people in danger + create traffic chaos on our neighborhood streets? We warned them + they refused to listen," Peskin tweeted on X, formerly known asCruise told KTVU in a statement a "large event" caused "wireless connectivity issues causing delayed connectivity to our vehicles.
"We are actively investigating and working on solutions to prevent this from happening again and apologize to those impacted," Cruise said.and organizers for Outside Lands if the music festival was the "large event" Cruise referred to.
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