With the hills, the tunnels, the short entry ramps, the narrow cobblestone streets....human beings can barely drive in this town.
This has disaster written all over it.
Yep. Especially when trying to navigate the West End bridge (is it still under repair?).
On the plus side, this Uber thing will make a great Pittsburgh Dad commentary on Youtube.
Just wait until there’s an accident. Uber and Volvo are going to pay through the nose.
On a winter visit to Pittsburgh I had an interesting experience with one of the bigger hills when I discovered there was ice on the road. I wasn’t sure the car was ever going to stop (at least the normal way).
A self-driving car will already know about the Pittsburgh hills and will probably have very detailed information about driving conditions from all the other Uber cars (with or without drivers) on the road. Uber cars could know the location of every pothole, so that the driver (human or otherwise) could be messaged to avoid it.