Posted on 03/29/2018 2:22:57 PM PDT by Wolfie
Self-driving car passenger slapped with ticket in San Francisco, police say
A ticket was issued to a person traveling in a self-driving car in San Francisco on Monday, police told Fox News. The vehicle allegedly did not stop for a person in the crosswalk. However, Cruise, the car company involved, according to KPIX, maintained that the vehicle was in compliance with California state law.
A mottorcycle officer issued the ticket after seeing the car not stop for a woman going through a crosswalk in the South of Market area, San Francisco Police Department spokeswoman Officer Giselle Linnane told Fox News on Wednesday. The car “cut the pedestrian off,” she said.
The ticketing officer believed that the car was in self-driving mode, however the person inside was cited for failing to yield to a pedestrian, Linnane said. That individual, whether they were driving or not, “is still responsible for the vehicle,” she added.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Uncharacteristically logical thought in San Francisco...
HE’LL FIGHT THIS IN COURT.......
Oh this is great. Not only are they endangering the public with this nonsense, but they are immune from traffic citations.
Wow!
So I guess the passenger in the car that killed that cyclist is now facing manslaughter charges?
The 21st Century, the Century of Absurdity!
“Uncharacteristically logical thought in San Francisco...”
The profit motive brings out latent intellect.
HE’LL FIGHT THIS IN COURT.......
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The courtrooms will need much bigger doors now so these cars can come in and argue their case.
They need to program for two distinct behaviors, depending on the geographical area the car is in.
Or actually maybe 10-20, but the idea is the same.
California has a very pedestrian friendly law.
Other states are more friendly to the driver. It all depends on where you are.
This is still evolving. They will get it right, sometime soon.
Does the logic or thought process behind self driving vehicles, have an ability to spot a pedestrian approaching, and then have the ability to react appropriately? It seems not.
This technology is in its infancy.
Uber, Lyft or whoever should pay the ticket and court costs.
The officer is dumb...............
So if I’m in a self-driving elevator and it breaks the law am I responsible for it?
Perhaps the autonomous care thought it was just another pile of feces on the sidewalk. Didn’t know it was a living person.
infancy: elevated death phase
It would be far easier to test these vehicles in China, where you only have to program them to make sure that the people they hit are dead.
“Uncharacteristically logical thought in San Francisco...”
They WILL be looking at the data ...
“We don’t look at or work with that data,” Linnane told Business Insider. “It’s whatever the officer observed at the scene and from his observation, there was a violation.””
“So if I’m in a self-driving elevator and it breaks the law am I responsible for it?”
What a dumb question ...
Can’t clean up the offal on the streets so this is the easiest task.
The Metrosexuals won’t like this one bit - they’ll get ticketed because of crappy software in their dream car.
I'm pretty sure they claim to have this ability, but exactly how well it works is apparently debatable.
Get these self driving cars off the road. Common sense tells you this is a very bad idea. People are going to get hurt.
Nothing gets by your enervated wit and your stultifying intellect, does it?
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.