From a year ago [1], engineers said jaywalker detection wasn't there: > Employees also said the car was not always able to predict the path of a pedestrian. T

From a year ago [1], engineers said jaywalker detection wasn't there: > Employees also said the car was not always able to predict the path of a pedestrian. The brake inhibition was very intentional and was the result of in-fighting as well as engineers trying to make the Dara demo: > Two days after the product team distributed the document discussing "rider-experience metrics" and limiting "bad experiences" to one per ride, another email went out. This one was from several ATG engineers. It said they were turning off the car's ability to make emergency decisions on its own like slamming on the brakes or swerving hard. ... > The subtext was clear: The car's software wasn't good enough to make emergency decisions. And, one employee pointed out to us, by restricting the car to gentler responses, it might also produce a smoother ride. ... > A few weeks later, they gave the car back more of its ability to swerve but did not return its ability to brake hard. And then they hit Herzberg. The UberATG leaders who made it through the Dara / Softbank demo likely vested (or are slated to vest) millions of dollars. [1] https://www.businessinsider.com/sources-describe-questionable-decisions-and-dysfunction-inside-ubers-self-driving-unit-before-one-of-its-cars-killed-a-pedestrian-2018-10 https://www.businessinsider.com/sources-describe-questionabl...