Uber Admits To Self-driving Car 'Problem' in Bike Lanes As Safety Concerns Mount (theguardian.com)

Uber has admitted that there is a "problem" with the way autonomous vehicles cross bike lanes, raising serious questions about the safety of cyclists days after the company announced it would openly defy California regulators over self-driving vehicles. From a report on The Guardian: An Uber spokeswoman said on Monday that engineers were working to fix a flaw in the programming that advocates feared could have deadly consequences for cyclists. Uber began piloting its self-driving vehicles in its home town of San Francisco last week, despite state officials' declaration that the ride-share company needed special permits to test its technology. On day one, numerous autonomous vehicles -- which have a driver in the front seat who can take control -- were caught running red lights and committing a range of traffic violations. Despite threats of legal action from the department of motor vehicles (DMV) and California's attorney general, Kamala Harris, Uber refused to back down on Friday, claiming its rejection of government authority was "an important issue of principle."

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Re:It only took a self drving car.

[mjwx]

Bike lanes on 35MPH streets. Get Cyclists off streets with speed limits they cant possibly match.

Bike lanes that double as parking. Get Cyclists off the streets they're complaining about.

Bike lanes on roundabouts... Get Cyclists to use the pedestrian crossings... Like cyclists with half a brain do in countries with a lot of roundabouts.

I could go on. Your solutions are not solutions, rather a wishlist from cyclists to make everything harder for everyone else.

I know you and the other lycra warriors are frothing at the mouth and ready to paint me with all kinds of slander... but I've been to your Mecca, it works for two reasons.
1. In Amsterdam, everything is a s separate as you can make it. Roads are for cars, Cycle paths are for cyclists, foot paths are for pedestrians and they try to make the three meet as little as possible.
2. In Amsterdam, cyclists aren't self-righteous arseholes who are too busy trying to enforce their rights on others than considering if they're doing right by others.