Dear Uber, et al. Vehicles need human drivers

Hot Air.com ^ | March 20, 2018 | JAZZ SHAW

[Kaslin]

I found this in another link.

Self-driving Uber car hits and kills cyclist as she crosses road

A self-driving Uber car struck and killed a bicyclist after she jaywalked across a road.

[Moonman62]

indeed. personal injury lawyers are going to have a field day with self-driving cars,

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If they do it will be because so many people are prejudiced against autonomous cars.

[Moonman62]

That’s a stupid and uninformed comment.

[Bryanw92]

>>But the car’s programming clearly wasn’t anticipating a person diving out in front of it and a human being likely couldn’t crank the wheel over in a split second to avoid her either.

Was she invisible in that median? Humans can see non-threats and still categorize them as a possible threat and take action to avoid even though there is no action to avoid. A person pushing a bicycle in a median is different from a person pushing one on a sidewalk becuase one is expected and one is odd. The human brain has a level of discernment that a computer can not duplicate.

[Kaslin]

I don’t believe the first time this happened.

[expat2]

“The driver said it was like a flash, the person walked out in front of them,” Moir said. “His first alert to the collision was the sound of the collision.”

It is well-known that humans are very good at carrying out complex tasks but are extremely poor at monitoring automatic systems for rare unfortunate events. They get bored to death and soon start to daydream and/or get distracted.

[EnglishOnly]

“While it will take a while to sort this all out, initial findings indicate that the car probably wasn’t at fault in this case and the test monitor probably wouldn’t have been able to prevent the accident even if they’d been in complete control. (Fortune)”

Of course........that way we all can rest assured that the autonomous vehicles will ultimately remove all Human piloted cars from the road. Thus, another freedom gets removed by the Liberal tech companies.

No way the software is flawed.......they’ve spent 6 years developing it, and too many elites have invested in this being the next “Big Thing” !

Spin this story as fast as possible..........just remember, the old adage.......If you hit someone, anyone, you don’t have control of your vehicle. Now, wait, ....... this is not the case with computer software. Get those faulty Human drivers off the road/sarc!

[rktman]

🤔. Ubercide? She probably didn't know it was an uber so autocide.

[Kaslin]

Neither am I. But there was a person in the driver’s seat, maybe if he had reacted, he could have stopped the car? I don’t know

[Rappini]

I just heard Rushbo say that the Cop said there was nothing anyone could have done even the guy in the car couldn’t have reacted in time as she darted out in front of the Car. Not the cars fault

[ican'tbelieveit]

During the same time, 10 pedestrians were killed by human driven cars in Phoenix.

But, we get all out of sorts because of 1 pedestrian death by a self-driving car.

https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20180319/10473239450/self-driving-car-industry-sees-first-fatality.shtml

I am looking forward to more self-driving cars. I think they will improve road safety by leaps and bounds.

There is no way to prevent the human factor.

[RJS1950]

According to the reports and evidence, she came darting out of the shadows at a point in the road other than an intersection.

If there had been a driver at the wheel and brakes she would have been just as dead.

It was apparently dark so the lights in the vehicle would have been on.

Mom always said to look both ways, especially at night, and at night look both ways again before walking out into traffic. The vehicle might have been on auto-pilot but evidently so was she.

[Safetgiver]

How so?

[liberalism is suicide]

I hate driving myself. But I hate the idea of driverless vehicles even more. I don’t deny the human factor in driving accidents. But regardless of how dehumanizing modern technology is,the human factor cannot be totally eliminated whether there’s a human driving or not. Imperfect humans conceive and make these cars. Putting driverless cars on the market and in the road is just asking for more trouble than we already have.

[Tucker39]

Homeless, was she? How do we know this wasn’t vehicular suicide? Police-assisted suicides are fairly common. I’ve been convinced that young Nickolas Whoozit in Parkland, FL intended for an LEO to waste him, but the coward “Resource Officer” on duty ran and hid.

[Robert DeLong]

Sounded to me like he was not watching what was going on as he said he only noticed after hearing the impact. Perhaps he was taking a cat nap?

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[I Drive Too Fast]

Maybe they can call it the Ford Pintonium AlGorhythm. This will eliminate excess people to cut down on Global Warming while monetizing that it is cheaper to establish blame (fault) ahead of time instead of fixing the problem. Hopefully they cover their “rear ends” so that it doesn’t blow up in their faces.

[precisionshootist]

'Tragic as it is, it had to happen sooner or later. As you stated time will tell who has the better fatality rate, computer or human."

Communism has the highest fatality rate of all and that's really what is behind the driverless car obsession. The left sees a chance to control the masses primary mode of transportation. It's as important as health care. Once the commies control your car they will control your life. Everywhere you go and how long you spend there will be recorded as well as limiting when and where you can go anywhere.

There is no such thing as a driverless car. Someone will always be driving. It just won't be you! Does that make you feel free?

[precisionshootist]

"I am looking forward to more self-driving cars. I think they will improve road safety by leaps and bounds. There is no way to prevent the human factor."

Are you looking forward to leftist kooks controlling your life? Because that is exactly what you are going to get.