Driverless Car Gets Stuck in Wet Concrete in San Francisco

DNYUZ ^ | 8/17/2023 | Staff

[simpson96]

Driverless vehicles promise a future with less congestion and pollution, fewer accidents resulting from human error and better mobility for people with disabilities, supporters say.

But every now and then, one of the cars runs into trouble in a way that casts a bit of doubt on that bold vision.

So it was on Tuesday in San Francisco, where a driverless car somehow drove into a city paving project and got stuck in wet concrete.

Paul Harvey, 74, a retired contractor who lives in the city’s Western Addition neighborhood, took a photo of the car with roof-mounted sensors, tipped slightly forward, its front wheels mired in the freshly poured concrete.

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The mishap on Tuesday involved a Cruise vehicle, according to city officials who said it was not clear how the car had ended up in concrete.

Rachel Gordon, a spokeswoman for the San Francisco Department of Public Works, said that the paving project on Golden Gate Avenue had been marked off with construction cones and that there were workers with flags at each end of the block.

“That portion of the road has to be repaved, at Cruise’s expense,” Ms. Gordon said. “Fortunately, no one was injured.”

Ms. Gordon said that city officials had been “voicing concerns” about the vehicles, which have driven onto fire hoses or “just stopped in the middle of the road.” She said that the city was willing to work with the companies but that “there’s still a lot of work to do, we believe.”

[Jamestown1630]

LOL!

[Vendome]

[patriot torch]

well, ya have to admit, Paul Harvey always had the knack in telling...the rest of the story.

[17th Miss Regt]

...according to city officials who said it was not clear how the car had ended up in concrete.

Here is a clue. It drove into the freshly poured concrete.

[Leaning Right]

The same thing happened to my girlfriend the other day.
Still, she’s a keeper. She makes the best lasagna you’ve ever tasted.

[Bullish]

Driverless or not, who would ever want to ride around in a tiny piece of crap like that?

[Reno89519]

Funny! Even better, if the people inside were having sex at the time or asleep and didn’t notice

[Round Earther]

Unless there is concrete evidence, this may be a hoax.

[bondjamesbond]

Paul Harvey, 74, a retired contractor who lives in the city’s Western Addition neighborhood, took a photo of the car with roof-mounted sensors, tipped slightly forward, its front wheels mired in the freshly poured concrete.

And that is…. The rest of the story…

[Steely Tom]

“We didn’t have enough training vectors.”

[George J. Jetso]

I’m waiting to hear about a driverless car that drives off a bridge or over a cliff. I’m sure it will happen.

[Nifster]

Now that’s just plain funny

[frank ballenger]

The AI in charge was trying to get the front tire treads immortalized in the Hollywood Walk of Fame but got mixed up on directions.

[bunkerhill7]

Sighted cement
Stuck same

[Mark17]

well, ya have to admit, Paul Harvey always had the knack in telling...the rest of the story.

😆😊 I knew it wouldn’t be long, before someone said that. 👍

[Ezekiel]

"I cement to do that."

[maddog55]

Autonomous vehicles don’t belong on the roads period. Anyone letting a vehicle doing the driving for them is an idiot.

If you don’t want to drive yourself hire someone to do it for you.

[al baby]

my dad and i poured a little walk way the family cat Mr ED walked though it dad said leave it there they are both gone but not the cat tracks the folks that bought the house still love them

[Rennes Templar]

It started out as a software issue, then it became a hard drive problem.