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According to a 2020 Annual Review of Public Health review of the literature, self-driving cars "could increase some health risks (such as air pollution, noise, and sedentarism); however, if properly regulated, AVs will likely reduce morbidity and mortality from motor vehicle crashes and may help reshape cities to promote healthy urban environments."
A contemporary example of technological unemployment is the displacement of retail cashiers by self-service tills and cashierless stores. That technological change can cause short-term job losses is widely accepted. The view that it can lead to lasting increases in unemployment has long been controversial.
Just months later Cruise was banned from operating in California after one of its driverless cars seriously injured a pedestrian. The incident prompted Cruise to recall its entire fleet of robotaxis.
Safety is obviously the major concern holding back driverless car operations, particularly after an autonomous Uber-operated car with a human test driver in it fatally struck a pedestrian in 2018.
There have also been reports of driverless Cruise taxis in San Fransciso coming to a halt and blocking some intersections for as much as 15 minutes, causing traffic jams. For more CNN news and ...
Cruise, the autonomous vehicle unit owned by General Motors, is suspending driverless operations nationwide days after regulators in California found that its driverless cars posed a danger to ...
Self-driving car liability is a developing area of law and policy that will determine who is liable when an automated car causes physical damage to persons, or breaks road rules. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] When automated cars shift the control of driving from humans to automated car technology the driver will need to consent to share operational ...
Then on Oct. 2, a driverless Cruise car hit a woman and dragged her 20 feet, the company acknowledged. The woman, who reportedly suffered serious injuries, had just been struck by a car with a ...