A bunch of autonomous prototypes deployed by Cruise in Austin, Texas have been captured on movie caught in the course of a road in what appears like some form of twisted, dystopian site visitors jam.

Dozens of Cruise automobiles stopped in a road in West Campus and blocked site visitors. Movies shared on social media present the absolutely autonomous automobiles lining the road late at evening, some with their hazard lights flashing and others making an attempt to maneuver round one another. A few of the automobiles have been even positioned on the improper facet of the highway.

This isn’t the primary time that Cruise automobiles have brought about a site visitors jam like this. Final month, roughly 10 automobiles locked site visitors on Vallejo Avenue in San Francisco. Probably the most well-known incident of Cruise automobiles randomly gathered collectively occurred in July final yr when over a dozen prototypes stopped close to an intersection, additionally in San Francisco.

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Those that witnessed the site visitors jam in Austin report that varied Cruise employees tried to clear the highway by working the automobiles remotely. A spokesperson advised The Drive that the problem could have been brought on by heavy foot and car site visitors.

“Foot and car site visitors on the road was heavy,” the spokesperson stated. “Our automobiles are designed initially to prioritize security – and that features utilizing warning round pedestrians. Cruise constantly displays its fleet, and we have been alerted to a crowding occasion on Sunday morning. We have been capable of deal with it and all automobiles departed the world autonomously. We apologize for any inconvenience.”

Many locals are rising more and more annoyed on the automobiles and talking with KXAN in August, Cruise basic supervisor for the Austin area admitted “we’re not good.”

“There might be conditions the place the car will expertise one thing the place it’s unsure of what to do subsequent. So when it doesn’t know what to do, it’s going to default to its most secure motion, which is pulling over,” he stated.