The company says a pedestrian interfered with a car.
Despite widespread reports, the crowds at Outside Lands had nothing to do with the Cruise vehicles that stalled causing a blocks-long traffic backup in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood last week.
On Friday night, Cruise, which was servicing Outside Lands for all three days of the festival, needed to remotely assist several of its self-driving cars to help them navigate the massive congestion of people in and around the concert, the company said. Ex // Top Stories What we know — and don't — about 'tranq,' newest in SF drug supply A Yale University School of Medicine addiction medical doctor is at the forefront of studying the novel drug’s effects and treatments
As the car idled waiting for a remote worker to clear it, other Cruise cars picking up and dropping off riders in the area stopped behind the lead car, causing a chain reaction of stalled vehicles and snarling traffic. The series of stopped cars went viral on social media and elicited a storm of outrage from many people who were already fuming at the California Public Utilities Commission’s decision to permit Cruise and Waymo to expand their fleets citywide without restrictions.
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