Company's Autonomous Vehicles Are Unsafe,
Not Fit to Operate in Arizona
PHOENIX, April 17,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The following is a statement
from Karla Schumann,
Secretary-Treasurer of Teamsters Local 104, regarding Cruise's
announcement that it will begin testing its autonomous vehicle
fleet this week in Phoenix:
"Cruise has a deeply troubling record of dangerous incidents
involving its autonomous vehicles. This company must not be allowed
to test its vehicles on Arizona roads.
"The Teamsters represent thousands of professional drivers who
work on our state's roads and highways every day. Our members and
the general public do not feel safe operating next to Cruise
vehicles and for good reason.
"Cruise recently suspended operations nationwide after a string
of safety incidents in which its vehicles left a pedestrian
grievously injured, collided with fire trucks, blocked waste
trucks, nearly collided with children in two separate incidents,
caused a massive traffic jam outside of a music festival, and
triggered a 20-car pileup in a tunnel.
"Our union urges elected officials and regulators to require
that Cruise release its complete and comprehensive safety data. The
public has a right to transparency and safety information from a
company that plans to use our public roads as its testing ground
for autonomous technology.
"The Teamsters will fight Cruise's full resumption of autonomous
vehicle operation in Arizona. We
cannot allow this company's path of destruction in California to happen in our state."
Teamsters Local 104 represents workers throughout Arizona. For more information, go to
teamsterslocal104.com or follow us on Facebook at
facebook.com/ibtlu104.
Contact:
Matt McQuaid, (202)
624-6877
mmcquaid@teamster.org
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SOURCE Teamsters Local 104