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Cruise, GM's robotaxi service, suspends all driverless operations nationwide
(www.independent.co.uk)
I am shocked. Shocked that driverless driving is more complicated than they thought
It's not because the car hit someone, that's just a thing that happens (a pedestrian got hit by a different car, and tossed in front of the self driving car).
It's that they tried to obscure details about the incident from authorities, which is a good way to kill trust. (The car stopped after the impact, and when it thought it was clear, it pulled forward and out of the normal traffic path to clear the scene. They tried to hide that it did that, because the pedestrian was actually stuck under the vehicle and was dragged some distance. It could easily happen to a human driver, but you tell people what happened)
Human drivers engage in hit and runs all the time. In 2016 there were around 750,000 estimated hit and run accidents according to: https://aaafoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/18-0058_Hit-and-Run-Brief_FINALv2.pdf
One of the most annoying things about self driving cars is that people expect them to be perfect before they trust them.
I only need them to be statistically better than humans.
We need data to figure that out, so these pilots are important. Throw some more safety systems in place and keep going.
Now do Tesla.
Tesla does not provide a robotaxi service anywhere. Their self driving vehicles require a human be in the driver seat and paying attention at all times. If that person fails to do so, it's on them not Tesla.
Gather the data, resolve the legal problems, wait until everyone forgets, and restart the same shit show again.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The California Department of Motor Vehicles revoked the license for Cruise, which recently began transporting passengers throughout San Francisco, this week.
In a statement, Cruise said it was continuing to cooperate with state and federal regulators investigating the Oct. 2 accident — and that its engineers are working on way for its robotaxis to improve their response “to this kind of extremely rare event.”
In December of last year, the NHSTA opened a separate probe into reports of Cruise's robotaxis that stopped too quickly or unexpectedly quit moving, potentially stranding passengers.
According to an Oct. 20 letter that was made public Thursday, since beginning this probe the NHSTA has received five other reports of Cruise AVs unexpectedly breaking with no obstacles ahead.
“We welcome NHTSA’s questions related to our safety record and operations," Cruise spokesperson Hannah Lindow said in a statement sent to The Associated Press Friday.
Cruise has previously maintained that its record of driverless miles have outperformed comparable human drivers in terms of safety, notably crash rates.
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