Re:Driverless cars are stuck in a jam
by Steltek on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @10:29AM
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There are a lot of reasons Arizona didn't register on the radar much.
1) Arizona pretty much invited this problem through publicly denying oversight or responsibility. This is more a problem for Arizonians than it is for self driving tech. If things were done above board, there would be more questions and concern.
2) Everyone is used to Ubers driving badly, nearly killing other people, and generally escaping the law. This wouldn't be tolerated from Waymo/Google.
3) Deceitful PR with the camera footage painted this as solely the pedestrian's fault and not an alarming sensor/software issue.
1) Arizona pretty much invited this problem through publicly denying oversight or responsibility. This is more a problem for Arizonians than it is for self driving tech. If things were done above board, there would be more questions and concern.
2) Everyone is used to Ubers driving badly, nearly killing other people, and generally escaping the law. This wouldn't be tolerated from Waymo/Google.
3) Deceitful PR with the camera footage painted this as solely the pedestrian's fault and not an alarming sensor/software issue.