[image] Uber Self-Driving Car Struck and Killed Arizona Woman While in Autonomous Mode Last night a woman was struck by an autonomous Uber vehicle in Tempe, Arizona. She later died of her injuries in the hospital.

Autonomous vehicles have NOT been approved for use without a driver. It’s several years away. Unfortunately in this phase of testing…there’s a chance accidents can/will happen. After each accident or incident the data needs to be analyzed and then make adjustments to the software or hardware. The p…

[image] shadowfax: I don’t think it particularly surprising that the human got bored with watching something else drive, and started looking at other stuff. It doesn’t surprise me either. I would not want to volunteer to do this kind of oversight myself in daily use for that reason. That’s …

They probably did make that clear. My office has a lot of rules that we all break. I drink coffee at my computer. That’s forbidden per policy, but considering everyone does it, including the guy who put the rule in the rule book, I’ll only get in trouble for it if I spill and wreck my keyboard. Sam…

…and that’s why I think the buck stops at the driver. If I choose to ignore the rule, I do so at my own risk, even if everyone else is breaking the rule. If we’re right, they’re going to make an example of him, and hopefully, fewer people will ignore the rule.

And BTW, because I’m sure at least one person in this thread is just wriggling with glee right now, the new facts don’t change my opinions on testing cars. This is why we test them. To find out where their weaknesses are and correct them before we unleash them unsupervised. The true failure here, a…

Yeah, pretty much. Remember the AEGIS cruiser that shot down the Iranian airliner and killed hundreds of people? The guy driving the boat got the blame, even though “the billion dollar Navy put dangerous technology on the ocean.” The technology isn’t any more dangerous than a normal car if it’s sup…

[image] texases: So billion-dollar Uber puts a dangerous technology on the road, and the $20/hr driver takes the blame? Happens all the time. Every car on the road is dangerous technology. The person behind the wheel is in control. When you turn on cruise control - do you blame the car for h…

[image] texases: So billion-dollar Uber puts a dangerous technology on the road, and the $20/hr driver takes the blame? That remains to be seen. As I said, this is just a squabble about a difference of opinion at this point. None of us are legal experts as far as I know.

Nope. The woman was in the middle of the road, any ‘self driving’ technology should easily have seen her. This is far different than just ‘cruise control’.

Last night a woman was struck by an autonomous Uber vehicle in Tempe, Arizona

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texases March 22, 2018, 2:25pm 76

So billion-dollar Uber puts a dangerous technology on the road, and the $20/hr driver takes the blame?

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Last night a woman was struck by an autonomous Uber vehicle in Tempe, Arizona

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