Driverless shuttle launches in Orlando — and crashes two days later

NY Post ^ | 08/25/2023 | Emily Crane

[TexasGator]

“This is the main reason why driverless vehicles will never be a real thing long term. They will make mistakes, people will get hurt, and then these companies will be sued into oblivion and go out of business.”

This was caused by the human driver. Meanwhile:

Detroit Bus Driver Charged in Pedestrian’s Death; Her 2nd Fatality in 8 Years

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/michigan/articles/2023-06-15/detroit-bus-driver-charged-in-pedestrians-death-her-2nd-fatality-in-8-years

[TexasGator]

“The SWAN shuttle was stopped when the bus moved intro the lane. The shuttle began moving and ran into the side of the bus. “

Nope. The SWAN shuttle was moving before the bus came alongside and pulled over into the shuttle’s lane.

https://www.tiktok.com/@samorlando220/video/7270204922556206379?refer=embed

[higgmeister]

I watched the same video you did and whether the bus driver cut off the shuttle or not, a human would not have hit the bus.

[Tom Tetroxide]

Florida Bus is now going to compete with Florida Man, Florida Woman, and Florida Boy/Girl?

[ProtectOurFreedom]

After thinking about what you wrote, my guess is the bus driver thought “I hate these autonomous vehicles because they are going to steal my job.” Being irate about that, cut him off intentionally — “I’ll show you!”

Yes, bus drivers are very aggressive. They have demanding schedules and they know that that are big and people will back off. So they push their way into traffic and force their way into the next lane over.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

I didn’t see that. It appeared to me the SWAN shuttle remained stopped with the bigger bus next to it.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Here's the lady passenger in the SWAN Shuttle...

[Svartalfiar]

Nope. The SWAN shuttle was moving before the bus came alongside and pulled over into the shuttle’s lane.

Looks to me like the big bus was already coming up and started pulling into the dropoff or turn lane when the little one started turning into the main road. Hard to tell from that video, but I'm sure the bus driver was expecting the stopped shuttle to stay stopped while he pulled in front of it. Usually the already moving vehicle has the right-of-way.

[steve86]

I saw the driverless shuttle start moving from a stopped position and hit the bus which was moving all along. Now I’m watching on my phone in bright light but I tried to use the backgrounds to establish relative and absolute movement.

[dfwgator]

“We hope you enjoyed the ride.”

[Moltke]

Sooo....the takeaway is that these systems are twice as safe as Asian women drivers?