Safety concerns were not enough to stop California from opening the robo-taxi floodgates

The state’s Public Utilities Commission voted to approve rival services from Cruise and Waymo to operate around-the-clock service.

California regulators on Thursday approved an expansion that will allow two rival robotaxi services to operate throughout San Francisco at all hours, despite safety worries spurred by recurring problems with unexpected stops and other erratic behavior that resulted in unmanned vehicles blocking traffic, including emergency vehicles.

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