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Not that SF has taken this stance, but I think the stance of share your data with us or else we won't approve would be fine by me. > Also upsetting to firefigh
by lesuorac 3y ago
Not that SF has taken this stance, but I think the stance of share your data with us or else we won't approve would be fine by me.
> Also upsetting to firefighters was “zero transparency” of data from self-driving car companies. Because Waymo and Cruise do not disclose internal counts of unexpected stops or other incidents that impede first responders, the fire department is forced to depend on information from members of the public, city employees, firefighters or transit operators, which oftentimes resulted in incomplete or duplicate reports.
Although later in the article they do provide some numbers.
> She said the 55 — and counting — examples that the fire department has cited of driverless cars’ interference with law enforcement or first responder operations “demonstrated that these vehicles themselves are not understanding human traffic control.”
> Just one week ago, that number was 50. “We think that the companies are ready to move forward with broad expansion when that number has gone down and does not continue to go up,” said Friedlander.