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Uber’s self-driving cars are already getting into scrapes in Pittsburgh
- jibcage 10y agoTo be honest, I'm really impressed with what Uber has accomplished so far. As a Pittsburgh native, I can attest to the fact that urban planning seems to be total afterthought here. The number of five-way intersections, weird stoplight patterns, irregular turning lanes, and stop signs on onramps (shudder) are enough to make driving here a challenge for the average human, let alone the average robot. Driving the wrong way down a one way is, admittedly, bad, but the backup driver clearly should have been paying more attention - in fact, Uber may not have info about that incident because the driver may not have wanted to admit s/he messed up. As for the fender-bender, it seemed to be the fault of another driver.