Self-Driving Cars Cause Huge Traffic Jam When They Lose Wireless Signal

As CBS reported this weekend, the self-driving carmaker Cruise caused a major traffic jam on Friday in San Francisco when ten of its controversial robotaxis simply shut down after losing their wireless signals. Hi @friscolive415 - A large festival posed wireless bandwidth constraints causing delayed connectivity to our vehicles. — cruise (@Cruise) August 12, 2023Bandwidth BattlesVideos of the traffic-stopping event showed Cruise cars paralyzed on San Francisco streets, blinkers on, while lines of human-driven vehicles sat in stand-still traffic behind them. "A large festival posed wireless bandwidth constraints causing delayed connectivity to our vehicles," Cruise wrote in its response. More on self-driving cars: People in San Francisco Are Already Having Sex in Self-Driving Taxis