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self driving car service waymo According to reports, service has been temporarily suspended in San Francisco due to autonomous cars causing major traffic jams during citywide power outages.
Waymo halted its service in San Francisco at 8 p.m. Saturday after its vehicles caused traffic jams during the blackout, which knocked out traffic lights across the city. Blackouts affected about 125,000 homes and businesses throughout the day, According to Mission Local.
A Waymo spokesperson said, “We have temporarily suspended our ride-hailing services in the San Francisco Bay Area due to widespread power outages. Our teams are working diligently and in close coordination with city officials to monitor the stability of infrastructure, and we hope to bring our services back online soon.” Independent Sunday morning.
Without working traffic lights, driverless cars became confused, many of which stopped in their tracks and caused major traffic jams.
Local riders and pedestrians shared photos and videos of vehicles stuck at intersections, with long queues of drivers behind them.
“Power outage ruined the road,” one X user jokingly wrote along with a video of stopped vehicles.
The user noted that, at least under those circumstances, the autonomous cars “recovered reasonably quickly” and the intersection was cleared.
In some instances, multiple vemo’s were stacked in front of a single intersection.
Another social media user wrote, “6 Vemos were parked at broken traffic lights, blocking roads. It seems they were not trained for power cuts.”
The power outage was apparently caused by a problem Saturday morning at a substation at 8th Street and Mission Street, sfgate Informed.
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. said in an update at 11:30 p.m. Saturday that power had been restored to about 95,000 customers. Crews will continue working through the night to restore service to the remaining 35,000 people.
The energy supplier said there were no injuries due to the power outage.
It was not immediately clear how long Waymo’s service would remain suspended. in a statement to IndependentA spokesperson said they “look forward to bringing our services back online soon.”
“We appreciate your patience and will provide further updates as they become available,” the company said.