Technology Gaps in Self-Driving Vehicles
November 7, 2019
The software in the self-driving Uber vehicle that killed an Arizona woman in March 2018 was not designed to detect pedestrians jaywalking, according to newly released information from a federal investigation, which also identified other failures in how the vehicle’s technology accounted for how humans actually behave. Issues has examined such shortcomings, with articles suggesting that industry move cautiously in developing autonomous vehicles, that government develop new regulations tailored to changing needs, and that society reject claims about the vehicles’ inherent safety as reason for speeding ahead.