Self-driving cars are 1,400 left turns closer to reality in San Francisco

Thursday, May 30, 2019
SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Self-driving car company Cruise Automation says its fleet of cars successfully completed 1,400 left turns in a 24-hour period in San Francisco recently.

The San Francisco company provided video showing the cars waiting and then zipping across intersections.
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Left turns, where drivers must yield to oncoming traffic, are considered the most challenging and dangerous driving maneuvers.

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The video shows four examples.
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None of them show how the technology interacts with pedestrians.

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Cruise Automation is testing about 180 vehicles on public roads in California.
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