Updated December 16, Dash cam video posted online shows a self-driving Uber running a red light in San Francisco, on the same day the company launched its pilot program with several Volvo SUVs and met privately with Californian officials. Uber said in a written statement that the driver was suspended and attributed the infraction in front of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art to "human error".
Though the cars are tricked out with sensors so they can steer, accelerate and brake, and even decide to change lanes, Uber says they are not nearly good enough to drive without human monitoring. Meanwhile, the negotiations over whether Uber must stop its newly launched self-driving car service in San Francisco have concluded without a clear resolution, according to California transportation regulators. The state has threatened legal action if the company continues to pick up passengers in a handful of cars without having gone through a permitting process.
