dozen robo taxis froze, creating a traffic jam in san francisco s north beach neighborhood. i looked and there were no drivers in them. reporter: cruise posted on social media said, a large festival causing delayed connectivity to our vehicles, and it was invesestigating to o prprevent the e situation n from happppening agaiain. crcruise is nonow cutting g its francicisco fleet t in half asae city is pupushing the e state to rescind itits decisionon to let these e vehicles o operate aror the clock.k. jake ward, nbc news, san francisco. still ahead tonight, protests over the death of a beloved orca in miami and the questions now being asked. plus, the breaking point this airline pilot says he reached that led him to use an ax to attack a parking gate.
including a 6-year-old child more than 120 people were injured. now to a major setback for driverless car technology after a self-driving taxi collided with a fire engine injuring a passenger. california was set to expand the fleet of robot taxis, but now they re putting those plans in reverse. jake ward has the latest from san francisco. reporter: this video posted to citizen.com. i have an emergency in town reporter: highlighting questions over robot taxis on the road they re going to ruin our life that s right. reporter: a driverless vehicle from gm cruise and a san francisco fire truck collided thursday night the truck had lights and sirens on as it entered the vehicle the cruise had a green light the passenger was treated on scene for minor injuries the incident came one week after california regulators granted mission to cruise, as well as