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GM's Cruise autonomous vehicle unit agrees to cut HEALTH

fleet in half after 2 crashes in San Francisco DOCTOR ON DUTY

Oranjestad
but couldn't avoid the col- Hospital 7:00 pm / 10:00pm
lision, he wrote. Tel. 527 4000
Cruise vehicles have driven San Nicolas
more than 3 million au- Imsan 24 hours
tonomous miles in the city Tel.524 8833
and have interacted with Women in Difficulties
emergency vehicles more PHARMACY ON DUTY
than 168,000 times in the Oranjestad:
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A Cruise AV, General Motor's autonomous electric Bolt EV in Detroit is displayed, Jan. 16, 2019. ments to reduce the likeli- Women in Difficulties
Associated Press hood of a crash happen- EMERGENCY
ing again, Dietrerich wrote.
The Associated Press responding to a call, the said in a statement on the The DMV said the fleet re- Police 100
Oranjestad
527 3140
General Motors' Cruise au- San Francisco Chronicle company website. duction will remain until Noord 527 3200
tonomous vehicle unit has reported, based on tweets At the intersection, visibility its investigation ends and Sta. Cruz 527 2900
agreed to cut its fleet of from Cruise. is occluded by buildings, Cruise takes corrective ac- San Nicolas 584 5000
San Francisco robotaxis in The robotaxi was carrying a and it's not possible to see tion to improve safety. "The Police Tipline 11141
half as authorities investi- passenger, who was taken objects around a corner DMV reserves the right, fol- Ambulancia 911
gate two recent crashes in by ambulance to a hospi- until they are very close lowing investigation of the Fire Dept. 115
Red Cross
582 2219
the city. The state Depart- tal with injuries that were to the intersection, Dietr- facts, to suspend or revoke
ment of Motor Vehicles not severe, Cruise told the erich's statement said. The testing and/or deployment TAXI SERVICES
asked for the reduction af- newspaper. Cruise autonomous vehi- permits if there is deter- Taxi Tas 587 5900
ter a Cruise vehicle without Also Thursday night, a cle detected the siren as mined to be an unreason- Prof. Taxi 588 0035
a human driver collided Cruise car without a pas- soon it was distinguishable able risk to public safety."q Taxi D.T.S. 587 2300
Taxi Serv. Aruba 583 3232
with an unspecified emer- senger collided with anoth- from background noise, he A1 Taxi Serv. 280 2828
gency vehicle on Thursday. er vehicle in San Francisco, wrote. Women in Difficulties
"The DMV is investigating the newspaper reported. "The AV's ability to success- TRAVEL INFO
recent concerning inci- The San Francisco Fire De- fully chart the emergency
dents involving Cruise ve- partment did not immedi- vehicle's path was compli- Aruba Airport 524 2424
hicles in San Francisco," ately respond to a request cated by the fact that the American Airlines 582 2700
the DMV said Saturday in for comment from the emergency vehicle was in Avianca 588 0059
a statement to The Asso- newspaper. the oncoming lane of traf- Jet Blue 588 2244
Surinam
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ciated Press. "Cruise has The robotaxi almost imme- fic, which it had moved
agreed to a 50% reduction diately identified the emer- into to bypass the red light," Women in Difficulties
and will have no more than gency response vehicle Dietrerich wrote. AID FOUNDATIONS
50 driverless vehicles in op- as it came into view, Greg The Cruise vehicle identi- FAVI- Visually Impaired
eration during the day and Dietrerich, Cruise's general fied the risk of a crash and Tel. 582 5051
150 driverless vehicles in manager in San Francisco, braked, reducing its speed, Alcoholics Anonymous
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The development comes Narcotics Anonymous
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fornia regulators allowed Fundacion Contra Violencia
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havior.
The decision Aug. 10 by the
Public Utilities Commission
made San Francisco the
first major U.S. city with two
fleets of driverless vehicles
competing for passengers.
On Thursday around 10
p.m., the Cruise vehicle
had a green light, entered
an intersection, and was hit
by the emergency vehicle facebook.com/arubatoday/