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Uber ordered to stop self-driving vehicle service in San Francisco

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Re: Uber ordered to stop self-driving vehicle service in San Francisco

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Self-driving Uber car blows red signal at crosswalk in SF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CdJ4oae8f4

Nice video, but the evidence is not clear that was human or computer error. It would be nice to make that distinction somewhere..

There is a red light. The car, which is being driven by a computer, did not stop. That is a computer error.

Re: Uber ordered to stop self-driving vehicle service in San Francisco

#12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nice video, but the evidence is not clear that was human or computer error. It would be nice to make that distinction somewhere..

There is a red light. The car, which is being driven by a computer, did not stop. That is a computer error.

The Uber self-driving cars have a human in the driver's seat that is able to take control of the vehicle. It's not clear whether the computer or the human was in control when the car blew the red light.

Re: Uber ordered to stop self-driving vehicle service in San Francisco

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nice video, but the evidence is not clear that was human or computer error. It would be nice to make that distinction somewhere..

There is a red light. The car, which is being driven by a computer, did not stop. That is a computer error.

But do we know whether it was under computer control at the time?

Re: Uber ordered to stop self-driving vehicle service in San Francisco

#15
I want self-driving cars to happen as quickly as possible, but Uber seems like they were extremely reckless and negligent here. Why not apply for a permit and stay on the safe side?

And with at least two reported incidents of these cars running red lights, it seems like driver training and attentiveness was lacking. If the software wasn't ready, fine, but you have to be aware of that and train your drivers to be 100% attentive to their surroundings, especially since it's the first day of real, commercial trials.

Re: Uber ordered to stop self-driving vehicle service in San Francisco

#16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nice video, but the evidence is not clear that was human or computer error. It would be nice to make that distinction somewhere..

There is a red light. The car, which is being driven by a computer, did not stop. That is a computer error.

The video doesn't show if it was a person or computer driving. And Uber claim it was a human error though I'm not inclined to take that as proof.

https://techcrunch.com/2016/12/14/uber-looking-into-incident...

Re: Uber ordered to stop self-driving vehicle service in San Francisco

#17

I really hope California isn't overreacting, possibly due to industry pressure from taxis etc. The state should be doing all it can to support, grow, and encourage this innovation.

As someone who uses this cross-walk on occasion, I think the state is reacting just fine.

Re: Uber ordered to stop self-driving vehicle service in San Francisco

#18

Self-driving Uber car blows red signal at crosswalk in SF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CdJ4oae8f4

Uber released a statement saying that it was human error

https://techcrunch.com/2016/12/14/uber-looking-into-incident...

Re: Uber ordered to stop self-driving vehicle service in San Francisco

#19

Self-driving Uber car blows red signal at crosswalk in SF: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CdJ4oae8f4

Updated Uber statement:

"This incident was due to human error. This is why we believe so much in making the roads safer by building self-driving Ubers. This vehicle was not part of the pilot and was not carrying customers. The driver involved has been suspended while we continue to investigate."

https://techcrunch.com/2016/12/14/uber-looking-into-incident...

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