A TICKET..
AFTER A CLOSE CALL ON A SAN
FRANCISCO STREET.
POLICE SAY THE CAR WAS TOO CLOSE
TO A PEDESTRIAN.
NOW WE'RE HEARING FROM THE
COMPANY.
KPIX 5 REPORTER JACKIE WARD IS
ON HARRISON STREET, WHERE IT
HAPPENED. JACKIE?
TAKE SOT: Kevin O'Connor/Saw
Cruise get pulled over
"Not sure what happened, but
it's going to happen a lot, I
think."
THIS IS THE PICTURE KEVIN
O'CONNOR SNAPPED AS HE WAS
DRIVING THROUGH SOMA LAST WEEK:
AN SFPD MOTORCYCLE OFFICER
PULLED OVER A SELF-DRIVING CAR.
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TAKE SOT: Kevin O'Connor/Saw
Cruise get pulled over
"There was another car stopped
alongside and he looked a little
befuddled. The cop was just
writing a regular ticket like
they always do." (:06)
THE CAR BELONGS TO THE SAN
FRANCISCO-BASED COMPANY
"CRUISE". TAKE FSCG:
IN THIS IMAGE OF DATA COLLECTED
BY CRUISE.
THE COMPANY CLAIMS THE
PEDESTRIAN WAS 10.8 FEET AWAY
FROM THE CAR WHEN, WHILE THE CAR
WAS IN SELF DRIVING MODE, IT
BEGAN TO CONTINUE DOWN HARRISON
AT 14TH STREET. SHORTLY AFTER
THE CAR ACCELERATED, POLICE
PULLED IT OVER. IN A STATEMENT,
CRUISE SAYS, QUOTE: ã
TAKE FSCG:
"SAFETY IS OUR PRIORITY IN
TESTING OUR SELF-DRIVING
VEHICLES. CALIFORNIA LAW
REQUIRES THE VEHICLE TO YIELD
THE RIGHT OF WAY TO PEDESTRIANS,
ALLOWING THEM TO PROCEED
UNDISTURBED AND UNHURRIED ..
WITHOUT FEAR OF INTERFERENCE OF
THEIR SAFE PASSAGE THROUGH AN
INTERSECTION. OUR DATA INDICATES
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED HERE."
THE PEDESTRIAN INVOLVED DIDN'T
GET HURT.
IT HAPPENED A DAY AFTER THIS:
WHEN AN UBER CAR IN SELF-DRIVING
MODE HIT AND KILLED A WOMAN
CROSSING THE STREET, OUTSIDE A
CROSSWALK, IN TEMPE ARIZONA.
IT'S INCIDENTS LIKE THESE THAT
MAKE PEOPLE LIKE KEVIN SKEPTICAL
ABOUT WHETHER SELF- DRIVING CARS
WILL EVER BE SAFE ENOUGH. TAKE
SOT: Kevin O'Connor/Saw
Cruise get pulled over
"To me, it's almost impossible.
I just don't see it happening
unless every car was
autonomous." (:05)
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THE COMPANY CLAIMS THE HUMAN
TEST DRIVER DID EVERYTHING
RIGHT. BUT THE POLICE STILL
CLAIMS THE HUMAN TEST DRIVER DID
EVERYTHING RIGHT.
BUT THE POLICE STILL ISSUED A
TICKET?
THANKS, JACKIE.
AND MORE NEW DETAILS COMING
FROM UBER TODAY.
