Uber continues to test its own autonomous taxis in the United States, but this time it seems that they are doing it without the required permits and has had the bad luck that one of these vehicles skip a red light being recorded by the security camera of the vehicle in front of him.
On this occasion, the company affirms in a statement that a company driver was traveling in the car that committed this recklessness and in no case was it an autonomous vehicle. The problem is that this is yet to be demonstrated today and Everything suggests that these autonomous taxis that have been deployed in the city of San Francisco lack authorization to do so.
This is the recorded video in which you can see this maneuver made by the Uber vehicle:
The statement clarifies that no occupant was traveling in this "semi-autonomous" vehicle except the driver of the car and this has already been prosecuted for the offense committed. In any case, it seems that the tests being carried out in the city do not have permission from the authorities. and this would penalize Uber if they do not remedy it soon. In the city of Pittsburgh, where today they already have all the necessary permits to carry out this type of test with autonomous cars, something similar has already happened to them but it seems that in this case they will have to be very careful if they do not want to have serious problems in San Francisco. Uber is undoubtedly an interesting service for users but they should not launch themselves into this type of test without the consent and corresponding permission of the authorities, this time nothing has happened, but you should not tempt your luck on these issues.