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Yeah don't beta test your BETA on real drivers, even after the DMV has asked you to stop. Screw Uber. I hope the CA government comes down hard on them. But we
by atonse 10y ago
Yeah don't beta test your BETA on real drivers, even after the DMV has asked you to stop.
Screw Uber. I hope the CA government comes down hard on them. But we all know Uber will find yet another slimy way to keep going.
For the record, I'm the biggest proponent of autonomous cars and can't wait for that day. But companies that just put people in danger like this are not going to get us there faster. They're going to slow everything down by their carelessness and greed.
- dsl 10y ago> But we all know Uber will find yet another slimy way to keep going. Like moving the program to Arizona...
- edoceo 10y agoAnd Nevada, with stolen Google engineer!
- Fricken 10y agoI don't like Uber either, and I don't know what they were thinking testing in California without a permit, but they were otherwise doing the same thing all of the 23 companies with testing permits in California are doing. (Any fly-by-night operation can get an av testing permit in California so long as they meet some basic requirements. It costs $140 and the approval process takes 3 business days). The AI is expected to fail occasionally, so a human driver is onboard ready to intervene the instant that happens. The test driver wasn't paying attention, and the car ran a red light. It was a human error. Uber did not lie, they didn't mince words or twist the definition of things, the human driver just didn't do his job. Irrespective of all the other bullshit going on with Uber, this is a mistake that any test driver with any other company testing autonomous prototypes on public roads could have made. Just like with Tesla's Autopilot, any autonomous test vehicle is technically a level 2 vehicle, meaning the human driver is legally responsible for any traffic violation the vehicle makes.
- onion2k 10y agoIrrespective of all the other bullshit going on with Uber, this is a mistake that any test driver with any other company testing autonomous prototypes on public roads could have made. They could have done, but they haven't. At best that means Uber are just unlucky; at worst it means that Uber are far behind every other self-driving car company and Uber's software just doesn't work for really simple, basic traffic laws. That should be very worrying for any investors.
- afterburner 10y agoSeriously. A red light? That is the most basic and most dangerous thing to ignore.