Posted on 12/16/2021 10:36:08 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
A driverless car startup based out of Silicon Valley and Guangzhou, China has had its driverless testing permit suspended after one of its vehicles crashed in Fremont.
According to a DMV report, the Pony.ai vehicle was in autonomous mode when it turned right onto Fremont Boulevard from Cushing Parkway and hit a center divider and traffic sign. The vehicle suffered "moderate damage" to the front of the vehicle, but there were no injuries and no other vehicles involved, the report says.
Fremont police arrived at the scene of the crash, and the startup reportedly reached out to authorities to resolve the damage.
After the incident in October, Pony.ai was removed from the DMV's list of approved permit holders for driverless testing.
"In October, one of our vehicles experienced an incident in Fremont, California, involving a collision with a lane divider and street sign," a spokesperson from Pony.ai told SFGATE via email. "We immediately launched an investigation, and are in contact with the California DMV about the incident. We look forward to a safe resolution to this incident.”
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It is an incident, not a crash, not an accident, but an incident? Nice way to minimize what happened.
The streets of San Francisco are one thing, but until they test these things on snow covered mountain roads, I’m not getting in one.
They did use “collision”, which isn’t much of a minimization.
It’s not like they called it a “mostly peaceful” collision.
I will NEVER get one.
I was in software engineering (device programming) for most of my career but don’t care for these at all.
Did the article mention the little Korean guy it hit?
5.56mm
Thank you for using Johni-Cab!
I’d like to know who is at fault if you are in one of those self-steering vehicles and it strikes a pedestrian.
was it at least a collision that was gender neutral and promoted racial equity?
It depends. Is the pedestrian a white male?
“A driverless car startup based out of Silicon Valley and Guangzhou, China”
The permit will be reinstated next Friday after a phone call from Xiden.
turns can be tricky
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