They ended up not towing it with the Grand Wagoneer after all, fearing it could put undue stress on the big Jeep. We think they made the right call.

Not only have they likely encountered similar situations in similar conditions given the vast amount of testing they’ve done, but they also have an extremely extensive testing system that they could easily use to test out their software’s response to the situation: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/08…

Let the trash talking begin...

Of course I have a lot of confidence that Uber’s engineers thought that their system would have avoided this type of crash too, prior to it actually happening.

As much as I distrust Google and the whole Alphabet conglomerate, I’m pretty confident Waymo knows how their systems perform by now.

Am engineer, can confirm, math checks out.

‘68 Road Runner Hemi that once belonged to the lady who played Mother Nature in the “It’s Not Nice to Fool Mother Nature” margarine commercials

That is savage! Have your star and my nomination for COTD.

COTD

Authorities already said Uber is not at fault. Now we know LIDAR is not at fault either. Driver was bored staring at gadgets on dashboard and played solitaire instead - also not at fault. No way Volvo is at fault. Bicycle and victim are not at fault.

The issue, he said, is that the tech quite likely “classified her as something other than a stationary object.”

do you really think 60 year old parking garages are going to upgrade to support overnight charging?

i think i get what you’re saying. for boomers, freedom was a car. for gen x it was unlimited minutes. for gen y it was smartphones. for millennials it will be the boomers dying?

Soon to happen: “I bought the cheapest McLaren 650S in the country!”

No, the currents keep it mixed. Like when you shake the salad dressing every so often. I know my science!

Neutral: Nah, man. Nuclear is the way to go.

Please re-read the article. Other companies use 2 people so that the safety driver can keep their attention on the road while the engineer can validate that what the sensors see match what’s happening on the road and logging any issues. If there is only one operator, such as in Uber’s case, are they also responsible…

at night, they must also stop and set off a flare every 1/4 mile.

Yes, that would make me an A-1 hypocrite. I should point out that the Camaro chicanery occurred in 1993 when I was in a not-so-savory place in my life, and the Civic incident was about 4 years ago, as I was trying to set a good example for my young son who was with me at the event. I think I even admitted to him that…

So let’s do this old school. All autonomous cars shall henceforth be required to have a man marching in front of the car waving a red flag.