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Re:Uber lays off around 350 more across Eats, self-driving a... by CydeWeys on Monday October 14, 2019 @10:07PM (#21254952)
These things would have to be at least as safe as cars, and I just don't see how that's possible. They can't glide like an unpowered plane; anything goes wrong and you're immediately plummeting to your death.
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Re:Uber lays off around 350 more across Eats, self-driving a... by jandrese on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @10:42AM (#21258906)
At least one company includes a built-in automatically deploying parachute for whenever something goes wrong. Probably all of them will have to do that in the end.
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Re:Uber lays off around 350 more across Eats, self-driving a... by CydeWeys on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @01:56PM (#21261527)
That will help reduce fatalities but definitely won't eliminate them. Also you're gonna see a lot of people in drones strung up in trees/powerlines and in need of rescuing.
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Re:Uber lays off around 350 more across Eats, self-driving a... by Judgmentality on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @04:17PM (#21263237)
I'd be more concerned about these crashing on a street and causing a road accident.
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