Kyle Vogt is “embarrassed for our species” but proud of his company’s self-driving technology after a recent incident caught on camera in San Francisco.
Vogt, CEO of General Motors’ self-driving car company Cruise, posted a video on Twitter of a man running in front of one of the company’s self-driving cars while it was moving.
The clip shows the view out the windshield, as well as a digital image of what the car “sees” and its intended path down the street.
After passing the intersection of Haight and Asbury (near a store that coincidentally spelled AV as in “Autonomous Car” but actually had a stylized AN sign for “Aviator Nation”), a hooded man broke down. away from a group of people on the sidewalk and quickly steps into the road.
A video display of the vehicle’s operating system shows that it had already detected the people and watched it approach when it began to correct its path to avoid it, but eventually came to a complete stop.
The man then looked at the car and walked towards the sidewalk.
“This kind of thing makes me embarrassed for our species. Credit goes to this @Cruise AV named Cobbler for avoiding injuries. Vogt tweetedreferring to the nickname, each car is given.
Cruise did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for more information about the incident, including whether there were any passengers in the vehicle.
Earlier this month, Vogt confirmed that 100 cruise ships are currently operating in the city.
Most trips are made during the late evening and night hours, when there is less vehicle and pedestrian traffic, but it began testing with commuters during the day in November.
The company reported 29 accidents so far this year, most of which were minor and often the fault of another vehicle.
A major and fatal accident involving a Cruiser struck by a speeding car while making a left turn led to an investigation by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Update Cruise designed to better handle similar scenarios.
There have also been several reports of one or more Cruise vehicles becoming inoperable in traffic due to network issues, which are sometimes fixed by human techs who have to attend to the vehicles in the field.
Along with its fleet of mainstream convertible Chevrolet Bolt EVs, Cruise has begun testing the custom-built Origin, a vehicle with sliding doors and two rows of seats facing each other and no room for the driver. It recently announced the expansion of ts service beyond San Francisco to Phoenix, Arizona and Austin, Texas.
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