In one incident, multiple passengers were inside the vehicle when it was hit by a vehicle that did not stop at an intersection. These major problems are frustrating residents, and leaders are pushing back.
Houstonians may soon be sharing the road with Cruise vehicles, a subsidiary of General Motors, that drives with no one behind the wheel.New complaints are emerging about the line of driverless cars that could hit Houston's streets soon.under the "Cruise" subsidiary are billed as making travel services like ridesharing and product delivery safer and more accessible. They're currently operational in San Francisco, Phoenix, and Austin.
There's also the problem of emergencies that the vehicles' technology can't account for. In 2023, the San Francisco Fire Department reported 55 instances of driverless vehicles interfering with fire response. City leaders in San Francisco and Austin say their hands are tied when it comes to regulating the driverless cars, with authorization controlled by the state.
Austin City Council's mobility committee plans on meeting this month to determine what to do about the mounting concerns of the vehicles stopping for hours on major roadways, exacerbating traffic congestion. ABC13 reported in June that the company had begun testing vehicles in Houston. The cars have not yet been cleared to hit the streets. Cruise told ABC13 in a statement:
"Cruise's safety record is publicly reported and includes having driven nearly 700,000 fully autonomous miles in an extremely complex urban environment with zero life-threatening injuries or fatalities."
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