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Cruise, taking the high road to build public trust. For now. I respect that. Edit: yeah, I get they don’t have a perfect track record. But most tech companie

by cj 3y ago

Cruise, taking the high road to build public trust. For now. I respect that. Edit: yeah, I get they don’t have a perfect track record. But most tech companies don’t stop even when faced with issues like Cruise. Getting their cars off the road entirely is a major acknowledgment that their tech needs improvement, which is something I never expected from cruise.

ShamelessC 3y ago
I hope you're right, but I doubt it personally.
gurchik 3y ago
They're not taking the high road, they got caught lying and were banned from a state where a third of their vehicles operate[1]. Call me a cynic but I think the time to demonstrate you're "relentlessly focused on safety" is before you're caught red handed. 1: It looks like they have 150 vehicles in San Francisco out of 400 vehicles total nationwide.
- ryandrake 3y ago
  Yea, the "relentlessly focused on safety" quote reminds me of every time a company gets breached by hackers, they trot out the same "At $company, we take security very seriously" nonsense. I wonder if these P.R. people have to chug a fifth of bourbon in order to stomach hitting send on these statements.
colechristensen 3y ago
I’m not sure this is the high road or just limiting bad news by getting ahead of everyone else forcing them to stop.
enraged_camel 3y ago
Nope. They lied to the DMV and withheld footage. https://www.vice.com/en/article/4a3ba3/california-dmv-suspends-cruises-self-driving-car-license-after-pedestrian-injury https://www.vice.com/en/article/4a3ba3/california-dmv-suspen... >> The day after the incident, DMV representatives met with Cruise to “discuss the incident.” During that meeting, Cruise only showed footage up to the first complete stop, according to the Order of Suspension. No one at Cruise told the officers or showed any footage of the subsequent pullover maneuver and dragging. The DMV only learned of that from “another government agency.” When DMV asked for footage of that part of the incident, Cruise provided it.
- sitkack 3y ago
  What else aren't you telling me?

by cj 3y ago

ShamelessC 3y ago

I hope you're right, but I doubt it personally.

gurchik 3y ago

They're not taking the high road, they got caught lying and were banned from a state where a third of their vehicles operate[1]. Call me a cynic but I think the time to demonstrate you're "relentlessly focused on safety" is before you're caught red handed. 1: It looks like they have 150 vehicles in San Francisco out of 400 vehicles total nationwide.

ryandrake 3y ago
Yea, the "relentlessly focused on safety" quote reminds me of every time a company gets breached by hackers, they trot out the same "At $company, we take security very seriously" nonsense. I wonder if these P.R. people have to chug a fifth of bourbon in order to stomach hitting send on these statements.

colechristensen 3y ago

I’m not sure this is the high road or just limiting bad news by getting ahead of everyone else forcing them to stop.

enraged_camel 3y ago

Nope. They lied to the DMV and withheld footage. https://www.vice.com/en/article/4a3ba3/california-dmv-suspends-cruises-self-driving-car-license-after-pedestrian-injury https://www.vice.com/en/article/4a3ba3/california-dmv-suspen... >> The day after the incident, DMV representatives met with Cruise to “discuss the incident.” During that meeting, Cruise only showed footage up to the first complete stop, according to the Order of Suspension. No one at Cruise told the officers or showed any footage of the subsequent pullover maneuver and dragging. The DMV only learned of that from “another government agency.” When DMV asked for footage of that part of the incident, Cruise provided it.

sitkack 3y ago
What else aren't you telling me?