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Uber?
| March 19th, 2018 at 10:04:58 AM permalink | |
| petroglyph Member since: Aug 3, 2014 Threads: 25 Posts: 6227 | Uber Autonomous has first kill. https://www.abc15.com/news/region-southeast-valley/tempe/tempe-police-investigating-self-driving-uber-car-involved-in-crash-overnight The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. GW |
| March 19th, 2018 at 10:29:05 AM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
This should set them back 10 years. I ain't getting in a car with no driver. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| March 19th, 2018 at 10:35:04 AM permalink | |
| SOOPOO Member since: Feb 19, 2014 Threads: 22 Posts: 4177 |
Bob is correct. Even if there are a dozen such similar accidents involving normal manned cars, this just seems so much worse. And perception is reality, even when it is not..... |
| March 19th, 2018 at 10:40:37 AM permalink | |
| rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18762 |
If you hit someone outside the crosswalk, you probably wouldn't be charged. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |
| March 19th, 2018 at 10:45:32 AM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 | Not to change the subject but I was supposed to have a friend pick me up from the airport about 9 PM last Friday night. This so-called friend never showed so I tried to take Uber. The first dozen or so attempts the system was just frozen. Where you are asked where you want to go it simply never got past that step where it tries to find it. On about the 13th attempt it simply said "no cars available" before putting in anything. I should install Lyft as a back up plan but I imagine they had the same issues. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
| March 19th, 2018 at 10:47:09 AM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
GM tried driverless cars 60 years ago. There's a color film out there with robot radio driven cars on the freeway. Families taking naps and having dinner while the car did the driving. 60 years later they are still not here and are killing people. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| March 19th, 2018 at 11:05:03 AM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 | I know this sounds very heartless and actuary-like, but I think the relevant statistics would be injuries/deaths per mile driven for "driver-less" cars compared to fully human-driven. Also, I'll be impressed when cars can truly drive on their own without a human being behind the wheel. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
| March 19th, 2018 at 11:13:01 AM permalink | |
| terapined Member since: Aug 6, 2014 Threads: 73 Posts: 11803 |
I've used Uber for rides from an airport to home Tampa I've used Uber to get around Vegas Never had a problem Was a huge convention in town? Sometimes we live no particular way but our own - Grateful Dead "Eyes of the World" |
| March 19th, 2018 at 11:28:00 AM permalink | |
| Evenbob Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 146 Posts: 25011 |
Cool, you ride in them, then. Let us know how you feel you your car kills a pedestrian or plows into a bunch of kids at a bus stop. If you take a risk, you may lose. If you never take a risk, you will always lose. |
| March 19th, 2018 at 11:33:11 AM permalink | |
| rxwine Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 189 Posts: 18762 | I imagine their auto car has several cameras recording when it happened.. Might be exonerated. You believe in an invisible god, and dismiss people who say they are trans? Really? |