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Uber is stopping self-driving car tests in all cities after pedestrian killed
CNBC ^ | March 19, 2018 | Anita Balakrishnan

Posted on 03/19/2018 10:20:30 AM PDT by Reno89519

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Ban cars? Ban driverless cars? They have no constitutional rights, correct? Who has liability? Why did the car kill the human?!

1 posted on 03/19/2018 10:20:30 AM PDT by Reno89519
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It is likely the first pedestrian fatality caused by a self-driving car.

But likely not the last...

2 posted on 03/19/2018 10:21:57 AM PDT by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill.)
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Jay walking can be fatal


3 posted on 03/19/2018 10:22:43 AM PDT by bert (K.E.; N.P.; GOPc;WASP .... The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column)
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I’ve seen them here (Pittsburgh) going the wrong way down a one way street more than once.


4 posted on 03/19/2018 10:24:08 AM PDT by surroundedbyblue (Proud to be an Infidel & a deplorable.)
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That will put a sock in the mouths of the idiot hipsters that promoted self-driving cares because human drives were all supposedly a bunch of idiots that couldn’t be trusted with private auto ownership.


5 posted on 03/19/2018 10:24:11 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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It is likely the first pedestrian fatality caused by a self-driving car.

Put that on his/ her tombstone. its like being the first person to have a heart transplant, or die in outer space

6 posted on 03/19/2018 10:25:36 AM PDT by PGR88
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I still say one of the (largely) missed aspects of all of this is Insurance.

If I don’t design the car and I don’t drive the car — if the car has neither steering wheel nor brake pedals — then I don’t have to buy auto insurance. General Motors has to buy auto insurance. For millions of cars. And when accidents happen, the car company will be 100% to blame. Deep pockets. Lawyers will clean up on that.


7 posted on 03/19/2018 10:25:43 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (Racism against Whites is a real thing. Let's stop pretending it isn't.)
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As you mentioned jay-walking, I did a quick search. Tempe police says "the woman was walking outside of the crosswalk overnight near Mill Avenue and Curry Road when she was struck by a self-driving Uber". Does this mean she was walking along the road or crossing the road. A bit ambiguous.

Say there was an operator behind the wheel. Will they get the blame?

Source: http://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/arizona-news/tempe-police-woman-struck-killed-by-self-driving-uber

8 posted on 03/19/2018 10:26:05 AM PDT by Reno89519 (Americans Are Dreamers, Too! No to Amnesty, Yes to Catch-and-Deport, and Yes to E-Verify.)
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There was another one not to long ago...crashed into a truck?

Driverless cars are stupid. I don't want to look over and see one beside me. It's insane? Take a damn bus.

9 posted on 03/19/2018 10:27:27 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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Agreed. I kept hearing how flawless they were. What’s the fatality rate based on number of driverless cars in USA compared to cars driven by humans?

1 in 50 vs 1 in 5000?


10 posted on 03/19/2018 10:27:28 AM PDT by MNDude
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>>Why did the car kill the human?

Don’t know but SUVs apparently like to kill humans


11 posted on 03/19/2018 10:28:00 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Wear an orange pin to mourn thvictims of the Tide Pods Challenge.)
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UBER and all others need to be fully liable for all accidents of any kind with any of this driverless initiative.


12 posted on 03/19/2018 10:29:03 AM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Support our troops by praying for their victory.)
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My bet is that the car followed the traffic laws and this woman was jay walking or walking against the light.


13 posted on 03/19/2018 10:29:04 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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The video here says it was somebody on a bicycle.

https://www.abc15.com/news/arizona-police-investigating-self-driving-uber-car-involved-in-crash-overnight


14 posted on 03/19/2018 10:29:30 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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WHY the huge push for driver less cars? Can someone explain this to me?
They can shove up their rear end! I’d never have one!


15 posted on 03/19/2018 10:29:57 AM PDT by bantam
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Pedestrian or bicyclist?

The Verge reports: "The crash occurred near Mill Avenue and Curry Road early Monday morning in Tempe, Arizona, the channel reports. The Uber vehicle was reportedly headed northbound when a woman walking outside of the crosswalk was struck. The woman was taken to the hospital where she later died from her injuries. Early reports suggested that she may have been a bicyclist, but that may not be the case."

source: https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/19/17139518/uber-self-driving-car-fatal-crash-tempe-arizona

16 posted on 03/19/2018 10:30:10 AM PDT by Reno89519 (Americans Are Dreamers, Too! No to Amnesty, Yes to Catch-and-Deport, and Yes to E-Verify.)
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FR is slow on the image draw today:


17 posted on 03/19/2018 10:30:21 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (robert mueller is an unguided missile)
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Driverless cars are stupid. I don’t want to look over and see one beside me. It’s insane? Take a damn bus.

...

I used to feel the same way about the horseless carriage.


18 posted on 03/19/2018 10:30:52 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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Why did the car kill the pedestrian?

Because it could.
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Why was the pedestrian crossing the road?

To play uber chicken.


19 posted on 03/19/2018 10:30:52 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZG2M)
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My Mother The Car is a murderer?


20 posted on 03/19/2018 10:31:04 AM PDT by gathersnomoss
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