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Cruise is Now Testing Driverless Cars in San Francisco
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Unless you’ve had your head buried in the sand for the last few years and really, who could blame you odds are you’ve seen tons of headlines about autonomous driving technology. One of the companies on the cutting-edge of this futuristic innovation is the GM-backed Cruise. Recently, Cruise reached a major milestone becoming the fifth organization to test vehicles on the streets of San Francisco.
Pioneering a driverless future
At the moment, there are five fully autonomous Cruise vehicles roaming the streets of San Francisco. As a safety precaution, the company places one so-called “safety operator” in the passenger seat. According to a report by The Verge’s Andrew J. Hawkins, a spokesperson for Cruise said, “the safety operator has the ability to bring the vehicle to a stop in the event of an emergency, but does not have access to standard driver controls.” Ultimately, the goal is to remove the