Plot twist: the Robotaxi Cruise company – owned by the giant General Motors – has resumed testing on public roads six months after interrupting all its trips in response to an accident involving a pedestrian in San Francisco. In the series, technology does not stop, innovation continues. Everything OK. What is shocking is the official statement from the subsidiary of the US automotive giant: “The restart will now focus on safety”. But how? And until now? Was the safety of a car traveling without a driver on board a secondary aspect? Incredible but true.
And it is no coincidence that Cruise cars will now only travel in “manual driving” mode, therefore only to create maps and collect road information in selected cities, starting with Phoenix, Arizona. So all autonomous driving systems will be deactivated while waiting for everything to be perfected. Another (tragic) admission of the fact that until six months ago driverless cars traveled with a good dose of technological nonsense among pedestrians, cyclists and other vehicles. “This experimentation – they explain to Cruise – will help to establish where we will eventually resume driverless operations”. And as a second step, the company said it will perform “supervised autonomous driving tests on public roads.” It will then be decided where vehicles can travel without a man behind the wheel. No comment. Let's repeat. Small detail: until a few months ago no one had told us all this. Indeed, it had always been explained to us that self-driving cars were the height of safety. Instead…
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