Residents of near Mueller Lake Park in Austin, Texas, have called for the banning of Avride self-driving cars, (and other autonomous vehicles) in their area after one of them struck a beloved duck, resulting in the waterfowl’s untimely demise.
The incident was shared by a witness in a local Facebook group for the area: “I saw an Avride self-driving car, with a person in the driver’s seat not touching the wheel, run over and kill a duck near the park,” reads the social media post. According to the poster, the vehicle “didn’t slow down or hesitate at all, just steamrolled right through.” Meanwhile, the person in the self-driving car didn’t seem to notice.
