What if a child is playing outside. There are signs in neighborhoods stating, "Children at play." "Deaf child playing." "Drive like it were your children." How many places in the USA suffer from drivers that don't read speed limit signs and neighborhoods have to demonstrate in order to get the attention of the local council? Many.
This is technology that will never be perfected and will always be a problem.
People invest in this mess and then it will be the human being at fault when such incidents happen. Soon people will be wearing ankle bracelets just to keep from being killed; so the car can see them.
13 February 2018
by Chloe Aiello
Uber loss jumped 61 percent to $4.5 billion in 2017(click here)
What is Uber doing in business? They lost billions last year and if the drivers weren't paid they wouldn't be on the road.
I can hear the propaganda now, "Did you get your ankle bracelet yet? They are nearly invisible and some are really attractive, too."
Who is going to have money to spend to ride in an Uber cab? Technology will put people in poverty because there are no jobs and these companies will be worthless penny stocks. This is still yet another problem the American people have with their runaway capitalism. In Great Britain, Uber is a taxi service and pays all the fees and taxes. How many Uber drivers in Great Britain are going to pay for an Uber medallion?
It is worthless technology that has already put independent taxi drivers out of business.
Better yet, there will be an app for the iPhone that can be turned on to send out a signal when walking outside. Then there will be those folks who forgot to recharge their phone or will have A malfunction or get caught in the rain. Who's fault is it now? Human beings will have to be insured with "No Fault" before too much longer. "Get your "Walking About Town No Fault Insurance, guaranteed to pay the bills if you aren't."
I DON'T THINK SO!
March 19, 2018
By Marco della Cava
San Francisco — An Uber self-driving car (click here) hit and killed a woman in Tempe, Ariz., Sunday night, according to local police.
The Uber car was in self-driving mode when the accident occurred, but had a safety driver at the wheel as is the norm when testing autonomous vehicles.
Uber issued a statement saying that it was "fully cooperating with local authorities." The ride-hailing company has temporarily halted its self-driving tests in wake of the incident in Pittsburgh, San Francisco and Toronto, as is its policy following any accident.
The woman, who has not been named, was crossing outside the designated crosswalk at about 10 p.m. when she was hit, police said.
Sgt. Ronald Elcock, a Tempe police spokesman, confirmed to the USA TODAY Network that the car was in autonomous mode with a driver behind the wheel when it hit the pedestrian. There were no passengers in the car at the time....
