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The police department was also quick to defend Uber by saying that the crash was 'unavoidable'. From the reports it seems like Uber were heavily focused on put
by xvf22 9y ago
The police department was also quick to defend Uber by saying that the crash was 'unavoidable'.
From the reports it seems like Uber were heavily focused on putting in miles trying to make up ground. The NTSB report will hopefully expose the failures (if any) of the Uber self driving system or the organization.
They've said that self driving cars are critical to their survival and if it turns out they cut corners / mis-represented things then it'll be hard for them to get out of that hole.
- stormthebeach 9y agoI find it peculiar that you would quote the police department saying the crash was "unavoidable" when I'm unable to find such distinct phrasing used in any news articles. The most damning phrasing is: "it’s very clear it would have been difficult to avoid this collision in any kind of mode (autonomous or human-driven) based on how she came from the shadows right into the roadway".
- ameister14 9y agohttps://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/tempe/2018/03/20/tempe-police-chief-fatal-uber-crash-pedestrian-likely-unavoidable/442829002/ https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/tempe/2018/03/20/...
- stormthebeach 9y agoSo I've read the article and watched the videos - I haven't seen any actual quotes where any spokesperson had said it was unavoidable outside of the headline and first paraphrased sentence. I only mentioned this initially because it seems like a sensationalized headline of a statement.
- mehrdadn 9y ago"Unavoidable"... I assume for a human. I'm not sure it was unavoidable for an automated car.