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Uber Self-Driving Cars Hit the Streets of San Francisco (go.com)
Uber is bringing a small number of self-driving cars to its ride-hailing service in San Francisco -- a move likely to excite the city's tech-savvy population and certain to antagonize California regulators. From a report on AP: The Wednesday launch in Uber's hometown expands a public pilot program the company started in Pittsburgh in September. The testing lets everyday people experience the cars as Uber works to identify glitches before expanding the technology's use in San Francisco and elsewhere. California law, however, requires a test permit for self-driving prototype vehicles, and Uber does not have one. The company argues that the law doesn't apply because its cars require a human backup. Uber has a history of testing legal boundaries. Although the company has been around less than a decade, it has argued with authorities around the world about how much of its drivers' histories should be covered in background checks and whether those drivers should be treated as contractors ineligible for employee benefits.
Seems like using "self-driving car" and "hit" in the same sentence might be a bad combination.
The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for it to be pitted against a slightly greater evil
>> Uber Self-Driving Cars Hit the Streets of San Francisco
Better than the pedestrians, amiright? Is this thing on?
can also take over
And if that occurs 'never' then is the car self driving or not?
If you ride a bike with training wheels are you not riding a bike? What if the training wheels never touch the ground?
Self driving cars are coming, they're already here.
You can continue to shout that water isn't wet but it doesn't mean these cars aren't coming.