Drivers who collided with unmanned automatic driving cars often escape without reporting



In San Francisco, California, self-driving robot taxis developed by tech startups

Cruise and Waymo are running. Taking advantage of the fact that no one is in these self-driving cars, it became clear that the drivers of cars that collided with self-driving cars left without reporting the accident.

Self-driving cars are oftentimes victims in hit-and-run incidents
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/innovation/self-driving-car-waymo-cruise-uber-hit-run-accidents-rcna76857

When NBC, an overseas media, examined an accident report submitted to the California State Automobile Authority, a person who was driving a car or truck collided with an automatic driving car and left the scene without reporting. However, 36 cases were recorded in 2022 alone. This problem continues at a similar pace in 2023, with seven cases reported as of early March.


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One report submitted by Cruise (PDF file) documents an accident in which two vehicles collided head-on.

In this accident, the Cruise vehicle, which was driving in driverless autonomous driving mode, saw a red light at the intersection and came to a complete stop. When I moved forward because the signal turned green, Infiniti Q50 who entered the intersection from the oncoming lane suddenly showed a driving technique called ' doughnut turn ', so Infiniti Q50 and Cruise contacted and Cruise's vehicle was damaged. received.

According to Cruise, the vehicle that was involved in the accident was an automated driving vehicle under test, and it seems that the interior of the vehicle was unmanned at the time of the accident. Cruise's vehicle was towed with moderate damage, but the Infiniti Q50 left the scene without reporting the accident, so it's unknown if any damage was done.


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In California, leaving the scene of a crash can be prosecuted as a misdemeanor, and a felony punishable by up to five years in prison if someone is injured. ``We're seeing more and more cases like this in San Francisco,'' said Anderson Franco, a personal injury attorney in San Francisco. According to Franco, people involved in accidents are obliged to at least exchange contact information, even if the other party is an unmanned vehicle.

There are many reasons why people flee an accident with a self-driving car, such as not having insurance, being frightened by the accident, or not knowing how to contact the company that manages the self-driving car. It seems that it can be considered. ``I think the most convincing theory is that drivers think they won't be held accountable,'' Franco said.



Franco points out that the correct course of action in such an accident is to take a picture, report it to the police, and have it recorded. It is also seen as a problem that the information “whether or not” is not necessarily clearly stated.

A Cruise spokesperson said, ``Most people want to do the right thing and exchange contact information, but for many people, interacting with self-driving cars is unfamiliar. I would like to display easily identifiable contact information on the outside of the , ”he said, and is implementing reforms to encourage human drivers to report accidents. In addition, since Cruise's vehicle is equipped with a speaker system, it seems that it is possible for employees of the company who have been contacted to talk to local people.

Regarding accidents that have occurred so far, Cruise says, 'Mostly minor, we work with the San Francisco Police Department as needed and search for car numbers as needed.'

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