Autonomous Vehicle News
SAN FRANCISCO - A passenger in a driverless Cruise vehicle suffered injuries on Thursday after the vehicle was struck by a San Francisco fire truck that was responding to an emergency call. The collision took place at 10:23 p.m. at the intersection of Turk and Polk streets, according to the San Francisco Police Department. "Failing to yield to emergency vehicles, can slow responses to emergency calls for service, and, in some cases, prevent the emergency vehicle from being able to respond at all," the department wrote in a statement." The company said it is investigating the incident to better understand their AVs (autonomous vehicle) performance and will be in contact with the city. The autonomous vehicle was going through a green light when it was struck by another vehicle that ran a red light at a high speed.