woman struck ,killed my a self driving car
@amadeo (111948)
United States
March 20, 2018 2:59pm CST
A long morning.Had a blood transfusion.
Awhile back I done a post on self driving cars.
Thinking that is a great idea.For the seniors as they get older.
Well my thinking is done.Now I am not sure.
Have you heard the latest news?
A woman struck,killed by self driving Uber vehicle.
This was in Arizona.The halts the testing.
They are investigating who is at faultThe car was in self driving mode,but they had a backup operator behind the wheels.This is sort of weird.
I do not have all detail.but I guess my post was not on target .
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@Essjayd (1568)
•
21 Mar 18
@amadeo It's a bit of both I reckon!
The operator either distracted due to
feeling no real need to pay attention or
using a phone etc!
I've watched how disengaged people become
using increasingly automated machinery!
They'll watch it like a hawk the first few
days then as they gain trust in it they take
their minds elsewhere! I'm guessing the
same goes for self driving cars!
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
21 Mar 18
I heard this. It's very worrying because I've always been in support of self driving cars but maybe I'll have to have a rethink.
@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
21 Mar 18
@amadeo l thought they were supposed to cut the accident rate by wiping out human error.
@JudyEv (325818)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Mar 18
I saw this too on the news. I can't understand why the 'human' didn't step in and stop the car from hitting the woman.
@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
24 Apr 18
I wouldn't buy one. I prefer to do my driving myself.
@Hannihar (129482)
• Israel
21 Mar 18
I am so sorry about the lady. I do not know anything about self driving vehicles.
@shaggin (71666)
• United States
20 Mar 18
It could be that the woman just walked right out in front of them and the car didn't have time to stop.
@crossbones27 (48435)
• Mojave, California
20 Mar 18
Figured that would happen sooner or later and sure did not take long. Sad news and Uber cannot catch a break. To be fair they create most of their own problems. They just are the Epitome of a modern day American corporation who care more about profits than people I wonder if the person behind the wheel worked for them also. I would imagine so.
@amadeo (111948)
• United States
20 Mar 18
@crossbones27your right there.They create their own problems there.
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@Marilynda1225 (79768)
• United States
20 Mar 18
I saw that on the news and I thought the same thing...how safe are these cars really? I don't think we're ready for them yet.
@franxav (13603)
• India
21 Mar 18
Sad to know This happened in spite of the back up driver. Probably, there was no time for him to react.
@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
21 Mar 18
That's a bad news, very tragic and scary. Sometimes, technology makes people's life easy but it has also disadvantages as well.
