Driverless cars have been causing havoc in the streets of San Francisco over the past year, much to the annoyance of local residents.
The self-driving vehicles have become common in the Bay Area, after two tech firms, Cruise and Waymo, were given permission by local authorities several months ago to test their new vehicles on the city’s streets.
Currently, as many as 400 self-driving cars are roaming the streets of the city, in a bid to revolutionize road transport.
Similar pilots are taking place in Phoenix, Los Angeles, and Austin, Texas.
Cruise, which is owned by General Motors, is testing the bulk of its 240 Chevy Bolt electric cars in San Francisco, GM spokeswoman Elizabeth Conway told USA Today, while Google’s Waymo is operating “a couple hundred” electric Jaguars in the city, according to a spokeswoman….