Press Associates at People’s World reports on the Transportation Workers Union (TWU) leading a coalition of more than two dozen Unions that are seeking a Federal crackdown on and regulation of driverless vehicles, especially RoboTaxis, in the wake of fatal accidents involving those machines killing pedestrians.  The Unions’ letter to Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg came after an “autonomous vehicle,” a driverless RoboTaxi manufactured by Cruise - a General Motors subsidiary, fatally hit a San Francisco pedestrian.  The Federal National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is investigating that death. “Driverless vehicles are a menace to society,” TWU President John Samuelsen’s wrote to Buttigieg and NHTSA’s Chief. “These untested, unproven robots block traffic, hinder First Responders and emergency services, and harm pedestrians and other road users - with tragically fatal consequences.”

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