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California ’s auto regulator , the Department of Motor Vehicles ( DMV ) , is investigate an incident that occurred on Tuesday , where a driverless Waymo railcar collided with a cyclist , according to a report byReuters .
San Francisco cops said that the wheeler suffer non - calamitous injury , as pera account by SFGate . Waymo , which is owned by Google ’s parent companionship Alphabet , articulate there was only one person in the auto , who did n’t meet harm . They also informed the police force after the incident .
The caller said that the driverless railroad car was at a blockage at a four - way intersection as a big truck was repulse in the opposite commission . The car then moved into the intersection point and collided with the bicyclist who was behind the truck .
“ The cyclist was jam by the motortruck and quickly followed behind it , crossing into the Waymo fomite ’s path . When they became fully visible , our fomite put on heavy braking but was not able to avoid the collision , ” the society allege in a assertion .
Waymo started offer itsrobotaxi service to vetted riders in San Francisco in August 2021 . In September 2021 , the company gota regulatory nod from the California Department of Motor Vehicles to start charging for these cab serving . However , it needed a go - ahead from the California Public Utilities Commission ( CPUC ) in August 2022 tostart the paid religious service .
In October , Waymoexpanded its armed service areas in San Franciscoto cater to ten-spot of thou of riders , masses familiar with the matter told TechCrunch at that sentence .
Autonomous taxi companionship are already under scrutiny . Last year , Cruise had torecall its total fleet of independent taxisafter a robotaxi unravel over and dredge a pedestrian . Last month , the GM subsidiary ’s inner report card break thatthe Department of Justice and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissionare probe the company .
