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user-inactivated  ·  2506 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The first uber self-driving car fatality was the pedestrian's fault

huh weird it looks like uber is basically lying, so apparently i'm wrong. will delete this

edit: actually i'll leave it up because i've been reading interesting things about the likelihood that uber's self-driving tech is much worse than that of other companies. since uber has been in the game for about two years tops, and have already moved ahead of other industry leaders in terms of real-life testing. that seems overconfident and worth discussing.





cgod  ·  2506 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It sound like, as a legal matter Uber will not be found at fault. I'm sure there will be a civil case and it's anyone's guess how that shakes out.

Can this hurt Ubers reputation? I don't know if Ubers reputation can go lower but hell you took their credit card so people still trust them to some extent.

user-inactivated  ·  2505 days ago  ·  link  ·  

yeah i think it can because previously their self-driving stuff had a pretty clean rep, right?

snoodog  ·  2505 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I thought Arizona was a partial fault state so uber would be at fault but it’s a matter of percentages. It’s unlikely that there would be criminal charges though but it would be really hard to find anyone criminally negligent unless the driver was texting or something