Uber’s Self-Driving Cars Were Struggling Before Arizona Crash

Re:Uber’s Self-Driving Cars Were Struggling Before Arizona C... by imh on Friday March 23, 2018 @09:52PM (#16664299)

But regulations cost jobs! Uber could just move to another state!

>The Phoenix area was added a year ago, and quickly became the company’s main testing ground, with 400 employees and more than 150 autonomous cars driving local roads because of "favorable regulatory environment, favorable weather conditions,” according to a company document.

The sorts of regulations you're suggesting cost California the privilege of hosting Uber's self driving program.

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Re:Uber’s Self-Driving Cars Were Struggling Before Arizona C... by dlp211 on Saturday March 24, 2018 @05:44AM (#16665740)

And no one in California is dead because of that.

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Re:Uber’s Self-Driving Cars Were Struggling Before Arizona C... by hunter23 on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @05:21PM (#16702070)

Yes, and I love that California requires that the operator report on dis-engagements. It gives us some measure of how good the cars are performing (obviously not a great measure). The fact that the industry leader (Waymo) is fine with California's regulations show that they aren't onerous.

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Re:Uber’s Self-Driving Cars Were Struggling Before Arizona C... by imh on Sunday March 25, 2018 @01:46AM (#16670950)

Exactly. I may need to be a bit more explicit with a /s tag next time.

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