[SystemSafety] Uber "self-driving" cars run red lights on Day 1

[Matthew Squair]

Perhaps they meant the design team? :)

Matthew Squair

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> On 15 Dec. 2016, at 5:11 pm, Peter Bernard Ladkin <ladkin at causalis.com> wrote:
> 
> https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/dec/14/uber-self-driving-cars-run-red-lights-san-francisco
> 
> Apparently Uber introduced "self-driving" cars in San Francisco and on the first day of operation
> there was more than one instance noted by witnesses of such vehicles running a red light.
> 
> Uber says it was "human error".
> 
> I guess we can expect such semi-contradictory statements about such operations when they go wrong.
> When they go right, it'll be "the car is driving itself".
> 
> Uber thinks it doesn't need a permit to operate the vehicles. The California Department of Motor
> Vehicles apparently disagrees and says Uber does need a permit.
> 
> PBL
> 
> Prof. Peter Bernard Ladkin, Bielefeld, Germany
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