A stalled Cruise robotaxi blocked a San Francisco ambulance from getting a pedestrian hit by a vehicle to the hospital in an Aug. 14 incident, according to first responder accounts. The patient later died of their injuries.
“The patient was packaged for transport with life-threatening injuries, but we were unable to leave the scene initially due to the Cruise vehicles not moving,” the San Francisco Fire Department report, first reported by Forbes, reads. “The fact that Cruise autonomous vehicles continue to block ingress and egress to critical 911 calls is unacceptable.”
If the video clears them, why decline to share it publicly?
“A Cruise spokesperson said the company offered to share video footage with San Francisco officials. As of Saturday morning, Cruise said, city officials had not reviewed the footage. It was unclear why.”
wtf
So the next time they have video that implicates them, they can say it’s policy to not release video.
Privacy, also.
The last thing they want is people to realize these things are incredibly invasive to everyone’s privacy. (Including the people using them)
Such videos will be suppeaned by court and deleting them is a serious offense .
That doesn’t necessitate them releasing it wilfully. They can sit on it until court ordered. Then the initial buzz has died from the story. Less likely to leave an impact.
It’s ok, the company can afford the fee.
It’s very common for companies to lock their shit down if they get even a whiff of potential legal action, regardless of guilt.