Mueller residents upset after self-driving car runs over, kills duck

Grieving locals in Austin, Texas call for self-driving cars to be banned after robotaxi runs over beloved duck

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 …

Mueller residents upset after self-driving car runs over, kills duck

An autonomous vehicle company is investigating after a local says he watched one of its self-driving cars run over and kill a duck in the Mueller neighborhood.