A day after one of its driverless taxis collided with a firetruck in a San Francisco intersection, autonomous vehicle operator Cruise agreed to a request from California state regulators to cut in half the number of vehicles it was operating in the city.
was in "Code 3" emergency mode, which means its red lights and sirens were activated at the time of the crash. The autonomous taxi had one passenger inside who was taken to a local hospital with injuries that are not considered life-threatening.
In a statement on X, formerly known as Twitter, Cruise confirmed the accident, saying that their, "primary concern is the riderIn a statement, Cruise admitted to the "complexity to this specific incident," saying that the AV positively identified the emergency vehicle "almost immediately.
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