Uber Self-Driving Car That Struck Pedestrian Wasn’t Set to Stop in an Emergency

Re:Uber Self-Driving Car That Struck Pedestrian Wasn’t Set t... by djsumdog on Thursday May 24, 2018 @12:14PM (#17145427)

Why not license the software system from Volvo, which obviously works (people drive Volvos with this turned on every day without erratic breaking), instead of disabling theirs because it was apparently broken?

This is beyond incompetence. There is a different level of software engineering when making a website vs making a pacemaker, rocket or flight avionics. You need the quality control of NASA, SpaceX or Boeing, not that of .. whoever they have running their self driving division.

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Re:Uber Self-Driving Car That Struck Pedestrian Wasn’t Set t... by criddell on Thursday May 24, 2018 @01:40PM (#17146374)

I have a Subaru with EyeSight and it does strange things sometimes. For example, if I happen to be in the left (passing) lane going around a leftward curve and a car in the right lane is stopping or slowing to turn right, the Subaru will hit the brakes because due to the curve of the road, the right lane car is straight ahead. It's scared me a few times.

The other thing about the system that sucks is that it's all optical (AFAIK) so when visibility is poor, it shuts off. They need to add more sensors because those are the conditions I would most like an extra set of eyes.

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Re:Uber Self-Driving Car That Struck Pedestrian Wasn’t Set t... by wiz21c on Thursday May 24, 2018 @02:47PM (#17147043)

Goddmn right : if the things brakes erratically then, come one, it's not ready to brake !!

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Re:Uber Self-Driving Car That Struck Pedestrian Wasn’t Set t... by FartyMcFarter on Thursday May 24, 2018 @03:41PM (#17147558)

s/not ready to brake/not ready to drive/

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