Humans slapped and shouted at autonomous cars in California this year

If robots really did take over it seems humans could react aggressively, according to latest reports of people lashing out at autonomous vehicles in California. Two out of six crash reports involving vehicles with autonomous driving capabilities involved a person approaching a car and attacking it, according to California's Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). In one of the cases, the car was in autonomous mode, however there was a driver behind the wheel, as is required by California law. The news follows California state's newly issued regulations, which will allow autonomous cars with particular permits to be driven on public roads without a human sitting behind the wheel, beginning on 2 April. On January 2, 2018, a Chevy Bolt EV, operated by General Motors' Cruise driverless car division in San Francisco was waiting at a green light for pedestrians to cross when a man'ran across Valencia Street against the "do not walk" symbol, shouting, and struck the left side of the Cruise AV's rear bumper and hatch with his entire body' According to a report by the LA Times, on January 2, 2018, a Chevy Bolt EV, operated by General Motors' Cruise driverless car division in San Francisco was waiting at a green light for pedestrians to cross.