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The vehicle was travelling the posted speed limit at night, as designed. The NHTSA pointed this out that the law may require you to travel at a "safe" speed,

The vehicle was travelling the posted speed limit at night, as designed. The NHTSA pointed this out that the law may require you to travel at a "safe" speed, and simply choosing to always move at the posted limit is potentially a moving violation and a design flaw. The vehicle was travelling 20mph faster than it's own "safe clear ahead" zone allowed for. Simply ignoring it's own safety limits and travelling at a higher rate of speed is a design flaw. Designing a large public road autonomous vehicle test and not taking into account an easily predicted human vulnerability that's been known in other automation experiments for decades is a project design flaw. Whether or not the driver is at some fault, I think the court will be capable of determining that. Arizona's willingness to completely disregard the mountains of negligence on part of a giant corporation is disturbing.

JanSt 6y ago
Isn't it the drivers job to take control whenever there is a design flaw? I thought that was the exact job description. If the car is going over it's speed limit, the driver should react. I see that some people think Uber should have added systems to control the safety driver. I think that's a fair point, but it doesn't take away the drivers responsibility. They knew the car isn't perfect. It's their job to take over control whenever that happens.
- freeone3000 6y ago
  Their job, as designed, is impossible. Automation complacency is well-known and well-studied -- any system which requires no input for an hour and then requires you to act randomly within seconds is an impossible task for humans. Volvo's self-driving (hands-on-wheel required) accounts for that. Uber's did not.
clusterfish 6y ago
Uber posted a safety driver specifically to make the car safe at regular speeds despite the limitations of the autonomous system. That driver just wasn't doing their job.

JanSt 6y ago

Isn't it the drivers job to take control whenever there is a design flaw? I thought that was the exact job description. If the car is going over it's speed limit, the driver should react. I see that some people think Uber should have added systems to control the safety driver. I think that's a fair point, but it doesn't take away the drivers responsibility. They knew the car isn't perfect. It's their job to take over control whenever that happens.

freeone3000 6y ago
Their job, as designed, is impossible. Automation complacency is well-known and well-studied -- any system which requires no input for an hour and then requires you to act randomly within seconds is an impossible task for humans. Volvo's self-driving (hands-on-wheel required) accounts for that. Uber's did not.

clusterfish 6y ago

Uber posted a safety driver specifically to make the car safe at regular speeds despite the limitations of the autonomous system. That driver just wasn't doing their job.